The Politics of Scapegoating
by Joshua MitchellAs Christianity goes in eclipse, liberal citizenship is giving way to our primordial instincts. Continue Reading »
A New Segregation?
by Mark BauerleinThe new wave of identity politics is a consequence of the eradication of a conservative ethos from American life. Continue Reading »
Identity Politics, Opium of the People
by Carl R. TruemanIdentity politics witnesses to the social disconnection that results from the metaphysical void at the heart of modern Western society. Continue Reading »
Woke Religion
by James F. KeatingWe Americans tell our history in light of our awakenings, those periodic spasms of panic over the spiritual debts we have piled up against God as well as flesh and bone. This is what the summer’s racial unrest was: a mass attempt to expiate centuries of guilt. If we were purely corporeal beings, . . . . Continue Reading »
Many Out of One?
by Carl R. TruemanColumbia University is presenting a vision of a nation that might be better characterized by the motto Ex uno plures. Continue Reading »
Identity Politics and the Election
by Joshua MitchellBeyond the election itself, the question of the future of the American regime remains unsettled. Continue Reading »
The Season of Our Discontent
by R. R. RenoWe’re all on edge. Only this morning, two of my neighbors were bickering in the lobby of our building. I was saddened but not surprised by the acrimony. The virus makes us anxious about our health and that of those we love. Public health measures put civic life on hold. Many of our cities are . . . . Continue Reading »
Our Marcusan Moment
by Carl R. TruemanIf critical theory in its demolition of the past can often degenerate into an ideological justification of ingratitude, then Marcuse was both its pioneer and its poster boy. Continue Reading »
The Metaphysics of Bostock
by David S. CrawfordBostock’s metaphysical assumptions will further undermine the “binary” character of sex, as they have for the larger “gender identity” movement. Continue Reading »
A Godless Great Awakening
by Joshua MitchellIdentity politics provides a cheap shortcut to redemption, a fig leaf that hides man from his own darkened heart. Continue Reading »
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