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Home: Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Intense Atheism - Paul VitzI will begin by addressing the deep personal psychology of the great — or at least the passionate and influential — atheists. Read more... Introduction: The Two Kinds of Honor - James BowmanFrom the earliest records of human civilization until the dawn of the twentieth century, and in widely separated cultures throughout the world, the story of honor was inseparable from the story of mankind. Today, an acquaintance with the concept of honor is indispensable to understanding the culture of the Islamic world and its sense of grievance against the West, where honor has been disregarded or actively despised for three-quarters of a century. Read more... Is Humanism a Religion? - G.K. ChestertonThere is a certain problem or challenge to modern thought. It is the problem of whether Humanism can satisfy humanity. The question really is whether Humanism can perform all the functions of religion. Read more... Is Pornography the New Tobacco? - Mary EberstadtA curious reversal in moralizing. Read more... Is The World Falling Apart? - James V. Schall, S.J.“It is a nice day,” I said to a lady in jogging togs as she ran past me in the park. But she said that she “could not enjoy it.” “Why?” I asked. “Well, I am so upset,” she replied. “I have been watching CNN News and the world seems to be falling apart.” Later, as I was reading Aristotle with my class, it was amazing how he was able to put things into perspective. Read more... Islam and the West: A Conversation with Bernard Lewis - Bernard LewisBernard Lewis has often been described as the West's greatest historian and interpreter of Islam. At a Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life held on April 27 in Washington, D.C., Professor Lewis, in a wide ranging discussion with an assemblage of American writers and thinkers, gives his views of current and future prospects for the West's relationship with Islam. Read more... Islam: A Primer - Roy MottahedehIn January 2002 a group of journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured Harvard historian Roy Mottahedeh, with a response by journalist Jay Tolson. Read more... It is finished - Father Raymond J. de SouzaSince the death of Father Richard John Neuhaus last Thursday, and my tribute to him published in the Post the day after, many readers have been kind enough to get in touch with me, passing on their condolences upon the death of my spiritual father and mentor. Read more... It’s Morning After in America - Kay HymowitzWith their genius for problem solving and compromise, pragmatic Americans have seen the damage that their decades-long fling with the sexual revolution and the transvaluation of traditional values wrought. And now, without giving up the real gains, they are earnestly knitting up their unraveled culture. It is a moment of tremendous promise. Read more... Janet Jackson and the Frog - Peggy NoonanHas our culture gone irredeemably to pot, or can we jump for our lives? Read more... John Paul II and the Crisis of Humanism - George WeigelJohn Paul II is arguably the iconic figure of the twentieth century because his life has embodied, personally and spiritually, the human crises of our times. Read more... Joyce Appleby, Catholic Conscience, and the Supreme Court - Matthew J. FranckShould Catholic justices recuse themselves on certain cases? Read more... Judge Judy, Simon Cowell, and the Lord God - Father Robert BarronPerhaps we might consider all of the judges whom we obviously love to watch to be minor icons of the Judge in whose light we ought to live. Read more... Keeping An Open Mind - Donald DeMarco"I have an open mind," of course, has become a cultural cliché. What it really means is, "I am open to any trendy idea that blows in the wind, and am willing to accept it uncritically." Read more... Keeping the Faith - James E Person, Jr.Looming over the fireplace in the late Russell Kirk’s library in Mecosta, Mich., are three small stone images, statues given to Kirk by the renowned Scots sculptor Hew Lorimer during the 1950s. Read more... Kenneth Clark and the Danger of Heroic Materialism - Father Robert BarronLord Kenneth Clark is one of my intellectual heroes. Read more... Killer Weed - Zenit“Legalize it/ Don’t criticize it” sang Peter Tosh decades ago, and many still sing marijuana’s praises. It’s no worse than tobacco or alcohol. It’s a godsend for people suffering intensive pain — it may help restore appetite and improve general well-being. Legalize it. Don’t criticize it. Read more... Kingliness - Donald DeMarcoAgesilaus II, King of Sparta in the fourth-century B.C., compared his kingly role to that of a good father. “The king will best govern his realm who reigneth over his people as a father doth over his children.” Read more... Knight of Consensus - Carl AndersonThis midterm cycle has been a time of unprecedented civic engagement, and Carl Anderson sees a lot of consensus in it. Read more... Latin’s second coming - Barbara KayIt would appear that Pope Benedict XVI intends to reinvigorate the beleaguered (Tridentine) Latin mass, which in the late ’60s was almost universally replaced by individual vernacular languages to encourage “active participation” for ordinary parishioners. Read more... Laughing with Chesterton - Father Dwight LongeneckerIt could be said that the pun is mightier than the sword. If this is true, then wordplay may be as important as swordplay in the never ending wars between the dark powers of the underworld and the light of Christ. Read more... Lenten thoughts - David WarrenThe great advantage of Lent is that, faithfully observed, or rather, attempted, it makes havoc with all one's diurnal customs and habits. Read more... Leo and John Paul are like brothers - Father Raymond de SouzaEarlier this week Pope John Paul II passed Pope Leo XIII on the papal longevity list, vaulting into third place in history, behind St. Peter himself and Blessed Pius IX (1846-1878). Read more... Liturgical Education - David G. Bonagura, Jr.Before he was ordained bishop in 1977, Joseph Ratzinger was for a quarter century a professor of theology. Read more... Losing by Winning - Dinesh D’SouzaJustice Scalia, a devout Catholic, is making an important point. America must continue to recognize the religious source of the Ten Commandments as well as their contribution to our secular democracy. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Fri Feb 03 2012 - 22:53:14
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