The decline of woke capitalism, losing the consciousness bet, and politicians' "matching donations" scam.
The decline of woke capitalism, losing the consciousness bet, and politicians' "matching donations" scam.
While progressives keep raising the specter of a Christian theocracy--as if that could happen--the real threat to our liberties may come from a theocracy of a different kind: a pagan theocracy.
The "whole life" ethic--sometimes called the "consistent pro-life" ethic--states that since life is sacred, all life must be protected. Advocates oppose abortion and euthanasia (like most Republicans) but also oppose the death penalty and support gun control (unlike most Republicans but like most Democrats). How might these issues be prioritized? Are there problems with this philosophy?
When parents object to the "woke ideology" being taught in schools, educators tend to deny that this is happening. But a study of young adults, aged 18-20, recent products of American schools, has found that virtually all of them have been exposed to these concepts and have been affected by them.
Do the moral failings of a theologian--or a pastor, a scholar, an artist, or a statesman--invalidate what he or she says? Today authors of all sorts, especially those of the past, face cancellation for their retrograde beliefs and bad behavior. Ethicist Gilbert Meilaender brings to bear the 4th century controversy over Donatism to help us distinguish between a person's life and the person's works.
Virtually everything in American life today--business, sports, school, religion, etc.--has become politicized. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says, "What we need is apolitical spaces that bring people together.”
Civil war breaks out in Russia, Muslims step up in the culture wars, and Christianity surges in Iran.
Science is used to assuming that the universe is just a collection of inert objects governed by mechanistic laws. But a new theory of cosmology argues that the universe is, in fact, a vast neural network. That is to say, a brain, which adapts and learns.
Would nominating Donald Trump a third time destroy the Republican Party, leaving the field completely to hard left progressives? Peggy Noonan says that it would. Read her argument and discuss.
In light of the end of evangelicalism, Meador proposes the building of a new religious movement, "a reimagined Reformed Catholicism, updated and modified to suit the missionary context facing us in the late 20th and early 21st century west." The movement could learn from the "Evangelical Catholicism" that is Lutheranism.
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In