Unbelief, the Opiate of the Masses

by Kurt Hofer

After two centuries in which religiosity has been widely seen as the “opiate of the masses,” it’s time to turn the screws on the comfortably agnostic and atheist. Continue Reading »

17 Feb 2022

A Merry Pascalian Christmas!

by Carl R. Trueman

Pascal understood the pathology of our age three hundred years ago. And the answer then, as now, is the Christian one. Continue Reading »

16 Dec 2016

Delighting in Death?

by Carl R. Trueman

Why do many see abortion as a positive good? Continue Reading »

15 Apr 2015

The (Non) Religion of Sport

by Carl R. Trueman

For all of the quasi-religious fervor surrounding the Super Bowl, sport is not a religion.
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30 Jan 2015

Carl’s Rock Songbook #60: David Bowie, “Fame”

by Carl Scott

We left off the analysis of ALMOST FAMOUS at the key point, where we were about to get into what it says about Rock and Fame. That is a complicated subject, because you need to consider the phenomenon of Fame itself, before you get into what Rock does with it. Bowie’s deliberately sour song is . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Sep 2012

Human Condition v. Human Nature: My Response to Chantal Delsol

by Carl Scott

In the thread below, Chantal Delsol graciously responded to my observation that her more recent book had dropped the occasional references to human nature used in earlier books. While still utilizing the term “natural” to reference to certain biological determinations, she affirmed that . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Feb 2012

Carl’s Rock Songbook #34: The Kinks, “Waterloo Sunset”

by Carl Scott

Man’s greatness comes from knowing he is wretched.   Pascal This entry will wrap up the Songbook’s oft-interrupted series of “loneliness and individualism songs,” all from 1965-1967, which by way of review, began with The Beach Boys’ “That’s Not Me,” . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2012

Pascal: The First Modern Christian

by Edward T. Oakes

As a way of dividing up history into discrete, manageable wholes, the habit of clustering events according to centuries is probably no more (or less) superficial than any other. And surely it must be safer and more reliable than bandying about such descriptive monikers as “the Age of Faith,” . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 1999