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.
The Old Myth and the New
Thomas Howard explains in clear and beautiful prose the way materialism robs us of beauty, depth, and truth. With laser precision and lyrical ponderings he takes us through the dismal reductionist view of the world to the shimmering significance of the world as sign and sacrament.
The Era of Moral Thuggery
It seems, then, that we have entered an era of what might be called moral thuggery.
Saint Paul the Sociologist
Re-reading the first chapter of St Paul’s Letter to the Romans recently, it occurred to me that Paul was offering, among other things, a kind of sociological theory of the three stages of society's moral degeneration.
Redeemer of Man
In 1998 Charles Chaput, then the archbishop of Denver, hosted a meeting on “the new technologies and the human person,” co-sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
Courage: Grace under Pressure
The Batflu has driven us all batty, with talk of many things most of us never expected we’d have to think about.
Roger Scruton Was a Conservative. But What Kind?
The philosopher, who died this past January, defied stereotypes by remaining true to his moral sensibility.
