Underlying many of our moral and cultural issues today is a war against the body, a fantasy of radical disembodiment.
Underlying many of our moral and cultural issues today is a war against the body, a fantasy of radical disembodiment.
American Protestantism is becoming "post-denominational." So observes Mark Tooley, who thinks it likely that many denominations will just cease to exist over the next ten years. But what would that mean, not having denominations?
Upending the economy. The Marxist comic book. And how to thwart a black mass.
If two-thirds of women (67%) who get abortions didn't want to, and almost as many (60%) would not have had one if they had "more emotional support" and "financial security," most abortions can be prevented.
Americans United for Life is promoting legislation they are calling "Make Birth Free." It would require health insurers and Medicaid to pay all expenses for having a baby, plus give mothers a two-year subsidy. Intended to reduce the number of abortions, it would also address the "birth dearth." Would you support this bill, or do you see problems with it?
Economists call our mutual interdependence the division of labor. Theologians call it the doctrine of vocation.
To a large degree, we have lost our sense of community. MacIntyre's model--creed, story, practices--can help us consider what has gone wrong in the three estates of church, family, and state. And how we might bring back that sense of belonging.
We keep hearing about our need for "community"--how we've lost it, how we need it, how churches can provide it--but we don't hear much about what that entails. Alasdair MacIntyre says every community needs three things: a creed, a story, and a practice. How that applies in the three estates of church, family, and state.
Trump's honeymoon is over. Abort the poor to save money. And Methodist schism sparks violence and arrests in Africa.
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust plan to "decolonize" Shakespeare heralds the death of woke ideology and critical theory.