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Jul 27, 2011 Uncategorized

The Enchanted Animal

The story Brooks tells—while filling in the reductionist modern narratives about what we really are—includes some flimsy, charm-like religion inserted as science.

Jul 25, 2011 Uncategorized

Winning the war over hope: theological virtues amidst political complexity

In his provocative book The Republic of Grace, Mathewes suggests how Christians can cultivate hope in their political lives despite the pervasive brokenness in the world.

Jul 22, 2011 Uncategorized

Life-Long Learners 6.0

Sixth in an expert series on must-read books.

Jul 20, 2011 Uncategorized

The Decent Drapery of Life

Every reader of every publication, including News of the World, battles villainy from within themselves and without.

Jul 18, 2011 Uncategorized

Pilgrimage: Learning through longing

You can spend a lifetime aware of something, reading about that thing in private, studying it in public, reflecting on it in worship, and yet only finally come to know it by being in its presence.

Jul 15, 2011 Uncategorized

The Power of Pottermania

Why you can’t afford to miss The Deathly Hallows.

Jun 24, 2011 Uncategorized

Recapturing the Millennial Tradition

In his latest book, Alasdair MacIntyre argues that in abandoning the Catholic philosophical tradition, the university has impoverished both the life of the church and the world.

Jun 23, 2011 Uncategorized

Journalism, War Crimes, and the Common Good

Journalists are no more (and, admittedly, no less) than citizens who have taken it upon themselves to pass information on to their fellow citizens—and therefore obliged to respect the common good, the common order, and, above all, the common law.

Jun 22, 2011 Uncategorized

Marketplace as Social Justice

Because work is so central to meeting a variety of human needs and the demands of justice, business—as the theater of work—takes on an entirely different meaning.

Jun 20, 2011 Uncategorized

Evangelical Public Policy: What’s Next?

It may be too early to tell whether the changing evangelical political movement reflects a maturing political mind—but they make a convincing case that this moment presents remarkable opportunities to shape the movement’s future direction.

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