A Response to “Marciworld”
by L. Martin NussbaumMarci A. Hamilton objects to the review of her new book , and L. Martin Nussbaum and Melissa Nussbaum reply . . . . Continue Reading »
A Response to “Marciworld”?
by Marci A. HamiltonMarci Hamilton objects to the review of her new book , and L. Martin Nussbaum and Melissa Nussbaum reply . . . . Continue Reading »
Ratifying U.N. Radicalism
by Michael FragosoFrom March 2 until March 13th the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held their meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. An annual event that coincides with International Women’s Day (March 8), it brings together hundreds of feminists (in theory) to improve the lot of women . . . . Continue Reading »
Proclaiming The Good News
by John Jay Hughes” The gospel was not good advice but good news.” — William R. Inge, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 1911—1934. Dean Inge was right. The preacher’s primary task is not to tell people what to do. It is to proclaim good news. Inge’s younger colleague at St. Paul’s, Canon . . . . Continue Reading »
End of an Era
by R. R. RenoFifty years. It seems like a long time. But if you pick up Jacques Barzun’s searching analysis of modern education, The House of Intellect , the half century melts away. Published in 1959, this piquant critique of post-War American attitudes toward the life of the mind remains . . . . Continue Reading »
Trading Truth for Unity
by J. Daryl CharlesIt is the issue that simply will not go away¯at least not in the post-Christian, post-consensus West. It is the issue that breeds a nasty recurring tendency to divide, and divide, and then divide some more. It is the issue to which (seemingly) every General Assembly, every major synod, and . . . . Continue Reading »
The Terrible, Traumatic, and Intolerable Name of Jesus Christ
by Stephen H. WebbThe earliest Christians used the name of Jesus Christ to cast out demons, but today atheists use it to cast religion out of the public square. No other name has ever had such power for both believers and deniers alike. Simply saying that name in public is enough to traumatize secularists possessed . . . . Continue Reading »
Evangelicals and Economics: Reflections of a Conservative Protestant
by Hunter BakerWhen I was a freshman in college, a woman who looked like a whole-earth hippie asked me if I had a personal relationship with Jesus. The question struck me as a strange one. Yet I found myself compelled to hear her out, and began to hang out with the young people in the InterVarsity Christian . . . . Continue Reading »
Paranoia, Pride, and Prejudice
by Elizabeth ScaliaSr. Sandra M. Schneiders, plainly unhappy with a recently announced apostolic visitation of women’s communities in America, wrote an email to some of her colleagues and friends which she later approved for publication in the National Catholic Reporter .In her email, Sr. Schneiders, a member of . . . . Continue Reading »
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