John Boswell on Christianity and Same Sex Relations in History
For those wishing for happy endings, his thesis is probably too good to be true.
Category: Religion
Linky Friday #141: God, Family, Terror
This Week: Terror, Immigration, Politics, Health, Religion, and Family!
Does the Left Need Christianity?
Maybe not, but it does need community binding meta-narratives to succeed on a meaningful scale.
Feser on Problems with Sola Scriptura and the Quakerish Solution
Trying to solve the dilemmas posed by Sola Scriptura can lead to interesting implications for philosophy, politics, law and society.
Shakespeare in American Politics
Guest Author T. Greer eulogizes the neglect of our literary heritage in contemporary rhetoric.
Historic Traditional Christianity and Dueling
Is dueling compatible with traditional historic Christianity? Folks with whom Alexander sought communion after being shot didn’t think so and challenged the dying man accordingly.
AFA’s Rusty Benson on “What Is a Christian?”
What does it mean to be a “Christian”? That question seems (to some) as relevant today as it was during the American Founding.
Reason & Revelation (and Something Else)
A surface scratching inquiry into objective notions of truth.
Trying to Make Sense of David Barton’s Word Salad
Was America founded to be a “republic,” revolutionary France a “democracy”? No. What are the supposed differences David Barton fabricated? Find out.
The Wager
Pascal wrote, “Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same,” so I recommend a reading this with a drink or two.
Une Vignette Fantastique du Kentucky
An indulgence in what would be an act of political courage and principle, if it were to actually take place, which we all know it will not.
I’m not an Atheist or a Religious Rationalist
How do we know what’s ultimately true? Especially in a religious sense. This is where I am currently.
Skipping The Summer Reading
This essay is about reading gay porn before class. And it resurrects an Ideological Outrage Of The Day from 2012. And a graphic novel. And striking out romantically. And Richard Dawkins.
Christians in Nagasaki
Some historic Christian centers (and people!) were part of the collateral damage of the nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki 70 years ago today.
The God of Benevolence
Jon Rowe examines the concept of God through the lens of 18th Century American notions of “benevolence” with a special focus on Emmanuel Swedenborg.
Swedenborg, the Ultimate “Cosmic” Theologian
Learn a little about Emanuel Swedenborg, whose ideas interested among others Immanuel Kant.
Comment Rescue: Cultural Merits of Abortion
I’ve never done this before — promoted my own comment, that is. But I think I got a pretty decent thought out there.
