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A Christian Consideration of Critical Theory

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Carl E. Olson July 17, 2025 3
In Carl R. Trueman’s most recent book, titled To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory From Marx to Marcuse (B&H Academic, 2024), the noted scholar and author hones in on the much-discussed but not always well-understood history, foundations, [...]
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Aquinas and prudential judgment

Dr. Edward Feser July 13, 2025 26
In contemporary debates in Catholic moral theology, a distinction is often drawn between actions that are flatly ruled out in principle and those whose permissibility or impermissibility is a matter of prudential judgment. For example, [...]
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The Warning Against Sloth

Thomas P. Harmon July 12, 2025 12
The Warning and the problem of noise It is easy to underestimate The Warning at first glance. Three sisters from Monterrey, Mexico, who first came to attention through a viral Metallica “Enter Sandman” cover as [...]
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The Ascension vs. Human Composting

George Weigel July 9, 2025 30
There are many reasons to regret the transfer of the Solemnity of the Ascension to the seventh Sunday of the Easter season. Among other things, the transfer shortens the Church’s time to reflect on this [...]

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