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Upcoming Events Roundup — 5.02.14
Newburgh, New York Aquinas on God June 5–8 The Fourth Annual Philosophy Workshop, “Aquinas on God,” will…
Home-Grown Religion
Harold Bloom argued in his American Religion that Mormonism was the quintessential American religion. Bloom had his own…
What It Means “To Be”
In her study of Tudor-Stuart notions of metaphor (Translating Investments), Judith Anderson explores the significance of nominal…
Against Tribal Ecumenism
There’s a certain common-sense logic to the notion that we have to begin our efforts toward unity…
Protest into Prayer
One of the great evils of Protestant tribalism is the impact it has on our prayers. There’s…
American Merozites
Deborah and Barak go out to fight, and the people of Meroz refuse to join them. In…
Conservative Impulses and the Bourgeois Mind
Recently the Intercollegiate Review republished John Zmirak’s attack of Christopher Dawson’s criticisms of the bourgeois mind. Zmirak’s…
Megan Must Go
Season Seven, Episode Three: A very eventful episode of Mad Men. Two story arcs move us forward,…
First Links — 5.1.14
Annual Report on the World’s Worst Religious Freedom Abusers Comes with a New Twist Knox Thames and…
Reformational Catholicism and the Word
During the discussion at Biola Tuesday evening, Carl Trueman expressed the worry that Reformational Catholicism was at…
Convergence and Classical Protestantism
In a post yesterday, I urged Protestant churches to move toward a consensus that can be characterized as…
Give To Those Who Ask
Jesus says, “Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants…
Sola Scriptura, Una Ecclesia
Protestants confess sola scriptura, the Scriptures as the final rule of faith and practice. “Reformation by the…
The Amazing PlagiaristMan
To state my biases: Of all the superheroes, I’ve always been partial Spider-Man. Flash was a close…
Lower than Stoicheia
There has been a great deal of debate about what Paul means in his various references to…
