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Home: Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGEArticles: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... Pages: [<<] ... 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 10-Mar-2011 - 14:27:25
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