Suicides--also known as "deaths of despair"--have long been on the rise. Researchers have found a correlation between suicide and the loss of religion.
Suicides--also known as "deaths of despair"--have long been on the rise. Researchers have found a correlation between suicide and the loss of religion.
In light of today's post about the unintended consequences of dismantling Sabbath closing laws, which still exist in secularized Europe as mandated days of rest, would it be a good idea to bring them back?
Eastern Orthodox theologians from around the world met in Greece last week to take up a problem that is plaguing this major branch of Christianity: the heresy of ethno-phyletism, the conflation of the Church with a nation or ethnic group. That is to say, Christian nationalism.
There is a big difference between old-style liberals and today's woke progressives. A survey of the schism in the American left, as New Deal-style liberalism was displaced by Sixties radicalism, with examples from the great state of Oklahoma.
Leland Ryken is one of the premier Christian literary scholars. Lately, he has been bringing back the rich heritage of Christian meditation and devotion for Christians today. Here are some samples from his upcoming book on the Incarnation.
Critical race theorists are saying America's founding ideals of liberty and equality are lies, since they were put forward by slave owners. This is a logical fallacy. But Martin Luther King saw those ideals as true and called Americans to live up to them.
Tribal societies, lacking an overarching central government with a legal system, deal with wrongdoing through elaborate systems of revenge. In fact, legal systems and governments often arose as a way to mitigate the destructiveness of revenge cycles. A key factor was the influence of the Bible.
Some researchers are conducting studies on "weird" or "meaningful" coincidences. Are they random flukes or signs of God's providence? Have any of those happened to you? A free post in which everyone is invited to share their stories. Read more
Taking revenge is something we might fantasize about, but most of us would never actually do it, since we know that vengeance is immoral and uncivilized. Today, though, revenge seems to be coming back in our politics and in the culture as a whole. So says Laura Blumenfeld, who analyzes the nature of vengeance.
We are rightly concerned about violations of our privacy. But sometimes we violate our own privacy. This is because we have lost the virtue of "reserve."
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