Why a Christian Anthropology Makes a Difference
It is simply impossible to agree on ethics, on how to act, on what is good and what is not, if you disagree about metaphysics or anthropology. And since ethics is unavoidable, so is anthropology.
Roger Scruton Was a Conservative. But What Kind?
The philosopher, who died this past January, defied stereotypes by remaining true to his moral sensibility.
Introduction: Knight of the Holy Ghost
Who was Gilbert Keith Chesterton? A rotund man in a cape brandishing a walking stick? Certainly. A twentieth-century writer? Prolifically. A great champion and defender of the Christian Faith? Gallantly.
The Model Priest for a Church in Crisis
In his spiritual autobiography, "Apologia pro Vita Sua", Saint John Henry Newman informs us: “When I was fifteen (in the autumn of 1816), a great change of thought took place in me.
The Personalism of John Henry Newman
An astute writer on John Henry Newman has remarked that the soon to be saint, "stands at the threshold of the new age as a Christian Socrates, the pioneer of a new philosophy of the individual Person and Personal Life."
Please, stop talking about 'values'
This week I have received a political flyer aimed at "values voters," heard a fundraising pitch from an organization that upholds family "values," and sat through a sermon about maintaining Christian "values" in a secular world.
The story of philosophy is important because it’s humanity's story
Renowned philosopher and author Peter Kreeft has written a new, four-volume history of philosophy entitled "Socrates' Children".
