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Mystic Timber
Snoqualmie Falls, Washington (Image: Richard A. McMillin/Shutterstock.com).As an epic vision of reality, Karl Marlantes’s Deep River takes up the enduring cultural theme of primitivism.
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The World That Christianity Made
Caravaggio, The Crucifixion of St. Peter (Wikipedia).Holland is not a believer, but he does want the West, and the woke, to acknowledge their reliance on St. Paul’s belief that a crucified criminal was...
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In 1944, the Hungarian moral and political philosopher Aurel Kolnai (1900-1973) wrote an essay that is indispensable reading for anyone wishing to understand today’s culture. Whether you are pondering...
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In a first installment (“Resistance, in the light of 1776”), following the lead of Pierre Manent, the Resistance came to sight as a way of looking at things characterized by 1) a binary view of...
View ArticleThe Damage Done by Civil Religion in America
Jacob P. Ellens recently reviewed Christine Hayes’ book, What’s Divine About Divine Law? Early Perspectives for L&L. It is a fascinating review of a fascinating book. Both the book and the review...
View ArticleWhat Reason Alone Cannot Comprehend
Politicians, lawyers, professors, doctors, engineers, and most other people at one time or another are confronted with teachings or practices that are said to have their origins and justification in...
View ArticleFrance, a Nation Mired in an Obsession with Inequality
Tragedy reveals the character of a nation. 9/11 showed the capacity of Americans to unite, however briefly. It also demonstrated that its martial spirit was still alive, however wisely or unwisely it...
View ArticleFive Insights Christianity Brings to Politics
The relationship between Christianity and politics is a complex one. The Church has played a mixed role in the history of political liberty to be sure. At times it has suppressed political, religious...
View ArticleReturn of the Pagans
Sometimes another writer writes a book you wish you’d written and it comes out a year after the book you’re glad you wrote. Let me explain. June 1st was the 1-year anniversary of my last novel,...
View ArticleFounding Deists and Other Unicorns
We need to know what the word plethora means before we can say we have a plethora of piñatas. So, too, we cannot consider whether or not America had a Christian founding without having an idea of...
View ArticleMystic Timber
As an epic vision of reality, Karl Marlantes’s Deep River takes up the enduring cultural theme of primitivism. By seeking out the margins of civilization, the author frees himself from culture’s...
View ArticleThe World That Christianity Made
People like to quote movie lines. Who hasn’t had a friend say, “Hasta la vista, baby”? A favorite of many is Mel Gibson’s cry of “Freedom!” at the end of Braveheart. That scene tells us something...
View ArticleKeys to the Progressive Kingdom
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View ArticleThe True Fatherland
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View ArticleCanada Is on Fire
Since June, more than 60 churches in Canada have been vandalized or burnt. These acts were sparked by the tragic recent discoveries of graves of Indigenous children at the sites of former residential...
View ArticleTemporal Power and Christianity’s Conflict of Visions
John Grove’s appreciative articulation of a “power-skeptical conservatism” bears resemblance to what Thomas Sowell calls the “constrained vision” of human nature in A Conflict of Visions. Thinkers...
View ArticlePope Benedict and the Drama of European Culture
Benedict XVI was an enormously gifted but truly humble human being: that oxymoron, a great Christian. Last week, he passed on to his eternal reward. In thinking about his life and now his death, I am...
View ArticleWhen a Classical Liberal Confronted Nazi Terror
Ninety years ago, Adolf Hitler was sworn into office as Chancellor of Germany. January 30, 1933, would be henceforth regarded by Germany’s National Socialists as the Machtergreifung: the day that the...
View ArticleWhy Liberalism and Constitutionalism Need Christianity
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View ArticleThe Importance of Tim Keller
The passing of the Rev. Dr. Timothy J. Keller has caused quite the fervor in the reformed evangelical world. We all hoped against hope and prayed fervently that he would be in the 12% that beats...
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