A deeply religious civil religion
David Gelernter presents a helpful reminder of the religious, indeed, biblical (if heretical) sources of America’s beliefs about itself
A forgotten prophet
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy: “Moderns are puzzled by the perfectly unsystematic, irrational, antilogical institution, the poorest organization on earth but yet fully alive — the family.”
Better things for better living
Richard DeGrandpre: “When a thousand points of light shine upon you in a commercial war for your thoughts, feelings, and wants, your mind adapts, accepts, and then, to feel stimulated, needs more.”
After irony
Richard Rorty’s tangled spiritual pilgrimage has origins in being the grandson of social gospel theologian Walter Rauschenbusch and the son of committed Leninists.
Why Johnny can’t think coherently
Alasdair MacIntyre on the importance of theology in liberal arts education
An ancient modern confusion
Ken Myers offers a brief primer on the heresy of Gnosticism
The market-driven marriage?
The commodification of everything is a problem, not an opportunity.
Roger Shattuck, R.I.P.
Rogert Shattuck: “The age-old uneasiness about the subversive potentialities of unfettered knowledge reveal a recognition that knowledge can bring unhappiness and ruin as well as insight and liberation.”
Christianity and science in the beginning
Historian Stephen A. McKnight argues that Fransic Bacon did not employ religious ideas with cynical and manipulative intent, but with the utmost sincerity. But was he theologically sound?
“The Image Culture”
Christine Rosen on how the ubiquity of images erodes their power.