In his sermon last Sunday, here in Australia, Pastor Pfeiffer quoted some fascinating words from St. Ignatius of Antioch, which he wrote just before being thrown to the lions in Rome. Ignatius was one of those very early second-generation Christians that we blogged about who
In the Supreme Court case we blogged about regarding the California law forcing pro-life clinics to promote abortion, the arguments and the justices’ reactions seemed to go in favor of the clinics. My former Patrick Henry College colleague Mike Farris conducted the oral arguments for
Having spent time lately in the “happiest” countries that are also allegedly among the least religious, I have pointed out that they are not nearly so “secularist” as they are usually portrayed. (Do a search on my blog for my posts on Christianity in Finland,
Today the Supreme Court will hear the case regarding California’s law that forces pro-life clinics, among other restrictions, to provide their clients information about how to receive free or low-cost abortions. The arguments in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) vs. Becerra have to do
The 10 happiest countries one earth are among the least religious; conversely, the 10 least happy countries are among the most religious. Such information would seem to discredit religion, but it shouldn’t at all. Christian Smith’s theory of religion helps us to see why. As
Cambridge Analytica is a British data firm that harvested information about 50,000,000 users on Facebook. It then “weaponized” that information by applying military techniques of psychological warfare to identify, motivate, and manipulate voters on behalf of the Trump campaign. And, yes, the Russians were involved.
Christian Smith is the Notre Dame sociologist who identified the religion of America’s youth as Moralistic Therapeutic Deismand who exposed the bias in the field of sociology. Now he attempts to put the field of the sociology of religion on a more rigorous basis in
Sweden and Finland are not members of NATO. But they are on Russia’s doorstep. During the Cold War, they developed plans for “total defense,” in which the whole population would be mobilized to resist an invasion. After the Soviet Union collapsed, Sweden let their mobilization
Traditionally, Christian and other religious organizations have taken the lead in arranging adoptions. But new laws and policies forbid adoption agencies from “discriminating” against same-sex couples who want to adopt a child. This goes against the religious convictions of many faith-based agencies. The result is
The conservative thinker Patrick Deneen has published a book entitled Why Liberalism Failed. He’s not talking about liberalism in the sense of left-leaning Democrats, but in the sense of “liberal”meaning “freedom.” He talks about the failure of democracy, but not in the sense that Trump
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