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Home: Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Rome's Radical Conservative - Michael NovakThe election of Cardinal Josef Ratzinger as pope was John Paul II's last gift to the Roman Catholic Church. Read more... Saint Pontius - Father Raymond J. de SouzaYes, Pilate had given the order, but he had washed his hands of it. He was clearly personally opposed to the crucifixion. Politics just demanded that he not impose that view on a crowd which had other ideas. Read more... Saving the West from the New Barbarians - ROBERT R. REILLYFew would dispute that Western civilization is in trouble. Despite its riches and power, it is declining both morally and demographically. Read more... Sealed With an X - Ralph McInernyThe hero of Evelyn Waugh’s trilogy Sword of Honour, in the slough of despond in wartime Cairo, goes to a priest to confess that he has wished to be dead. “How many times?” the priest asks. Read more... Secular Confusions - Iain T. BensonThese are not very articulate times, and terms or phrases such as “secular”, “believer”, “the separation of church and state” and so on need to be rethought entirely. If this task of lexical clarification is not done, then the virtually complete dominance of the atheistic and anti-religious definitions of central terms within contemporary culture will continue to be employed (intentionally or unintentionally) so as to exclude religious viewpoints from society. Read more... Secular Liberalism as Consensus - Rod DreherRecently, I got into a lengthy blog debate with liberal secularist writer Damon Linker on the topic of same-sex marriage. Read more... Sense and Nonsense: A Conversation with Rev. James V. Schall, S.J. - Robert ReillyRev. James V. Schall, S.J., talks about the life of the mind, the future of the West, and lessons learned over a long career in education. Read more... Sins of the Wallet - Carl Anderson, Father Robert Sirico, et al.Economic hard times are always times of soul-searching. The Register felt it was important to look at the moral dimensions of the economic downturn and asked several prominent Catholic thinkers, "What sins got us into this mess, and what virtues are required to get us out of it?" Read more... Sisters of Mercy - CLIFFORD ORWINThe author examines the differences between the Christian charity of Mother Teresa" and the compassion of Lady Diana. Read more... Smoke and morals - Father Raymond de SouzaOntario Health Minister George Smitherman introduced his new anti-smoking legislation last month, striking a presumed note of moderation: "And so we're saying to Ontarians, if you want to smoke at home, we're not going to stop you." Read more... Solzhenitsyn and Russia's Golgotha - Review by John CouretasSolzhenitsyn was a writer whose vast body of work, beginning with the great artistic achievement of the stories and novels, but also of course the essays and speeches, was guided by a great moral imagination. Read more... Some Implications of the Word “Culture” - Margaret VisserThe word "culture" is a battleground. Past meanings of the word have recently been routed once again and "culture," as redefined by members of the academy, has been made the field of study of a new discipline: Cultural Studies. Explaining some of the assumptions made by the proponents of this new definition of culture, I shall also show that it ultimately owes something to Christianity - in spite of the fact that part of the project of Cultural Studies is a diminishment of taking any religion, especially Christianity, seriously. Christians need to know how to speak to people who accept "culture" as it is currently defined, how to listen to what is being said, and how to respond. Read more... Spiritual Geography - Joseph BottumThe desert, Balzac once declared, holds everything and nothing – for God is there, and man is not. Read more... Spiritual History 101: How Did We Get to the Edge? - PETER KREEFTThe story of our civilization can be told from different viewpoints. The history books usually tell it from only one point of view, and not the most important one at that. Read more... Spitting on the Crucifix - Anthony EsolenIn the coming months we will learn whether America's long experiment in ordered liberty must finally be declared dead. It has of late been coughing up plenty of blood. Read more... Standing on the Mound: The Virtues of Baseball - Elizabeth Thecla MauroIf Jesus wants us to become as children, then baseball reminds us that His charge is not an impossible one to keep, for baseball is a game of folly and deep faith. It disdains the cynic and reminds us of some of the most dramatic, awe-inspiring moments detailed in Scripture. Read more... Start using ‘Allah’ instead of God? - Kathleen ParkerIt was bound to happen — and it seems fitting that a cleric named Tiny would think of it. Read more... Sunny Portraits - John R. DunlapDuring the first six weeks of the summer break, I teach a course in general linguistics, an annual routine ordinarily performed in one of the older campus buildings. This year the routine was broken by an unusual classroom assignment. Read more... Supreme Court Supplants Parents - Daniel CereWith this month's ruling, the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada placed themselves between parents and their children and sided with those pressing for the inclusion of gay-parenting literature. The decision clearly signaled that the role of parents as primary moral guides for their children's education is now "subject to judicial review" by our nine lords of the law. Read more... Ten Conservative Principles - Russell KirkIt is not possible to draw up a neat catalogue of conservatives' convictions; nevertheless, I offer you, summarily, ten general principles; it seems safe to say that most conservatives would subscribe to most of these maxims. Read more... Ten suggestions - David WarrenBecause I am a bit of an anomaly in the Canadian "mainstream media" -- because I am, to put no finer point upon it, not only rather conservative in my political outlook, but what is called a "social conservative"; and as one of my critics once patiently explained, "not just conservative, but Christian; and not just Christian, but Catholic" -- because of this I get many e-mails. Read more... Thank God America Isn't Like Europe — Yet - Charles MurrayDo we want the United States to be like Europe? Read more... Thanksgiving - Father Kenneth Baker, S.J.Thanksgiving Day, on the fourth Thursday in November, is a major event in American culture and life. Read more... The Awkwardness of Advent - Father George W. RutlerThe star that Jean-Paul Sartre once was, doyen of his day's incompletely educated intellectuals, has not quietly faded the way splashy names often do in the generation after they die. Read more... The Barbarians at the Gates of Paris - Theodore DalrympleEveryone knows la douce France: the France of wonderful food and wine, beautiful landscapes, splendid châteaux and cathedrals. More tourists (60 million a year) visit France than any country in the world by far. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Sun May 12 2013 - 15:13:40
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