Who wants to be a conservative?

I stumbled upon this late, but I thought it might make good reading for those of us who harp on “conservatives” on a regular basis. The Summer 2007 issue of Modern Age is devoted to the theme “Why Am I a Conservative?” I think I’ll give it an honest read. I found out about this issue at James K. A. Smith’s blog, Fors Clavigera (by the way, I think Smith’s work in post-modern theology and hermeneutics is first-rate).

Here’s Smith on the issue:

The Summer 2007 issue of Modern Age (archive here) includes an interesting symposium on “Why I Am a Conservative.” While some of the essays are given to ideological whining, some are very engaging, throughtful pieces (see especially the essays by Christopher Olaf Blum and Jeffrey Hart). Anyone who is working with some caricatured notion that “conservative” simply means “pro-Bush” or “Religious Right” or “neo-con” should pull their head out of the equally-ideological liberal sands it’s stuck in and dip into this symposium, starting with Blum and Hart.