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The Condemnations of Paris and the Christian origins of modern science

May 24, 2023 Prof. William E. Carroll 6

One of the more widely accepted narratives of the modern world locates its origins in the 17th century with the emancipation of the natural sciences both from the antiquated natural philosophy and metaphysics of Aristotle […]

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The Two Cities is a remarkable, comprehensive history of the world

June 7, 2022 Conor Dugan 17

A common theme of many postliberal thinkers is that we are too often hemmed in by the boundaries and limits of contemporary thinking. As David Schindler, D.C. Schindler, Michael Hanby, Patrick Deneen, and others have […]

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Metaphysics for a secular, politicized culture

October 3, 2021 Brian Welter 9

South African writer Wynand De Beer’s analysis in Reality: From Metaphysics to Metapolitics of Western metaphysics from the Greeks to the Catholic and Orthodox continuation of this tradition has much to offer Catholics who find […]

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Modernity as Apocalypse outlines and offers a tonic to idolatry

February 6, 2021 Brian Welter 18

Christian writers have become adept at passing judgment on modernity and tracing its historical development through the development of liberalism. They typically note how late medieval nominalists, Protestant reformers, philosophers such as Descartes, the Enlightenment […]

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Hubris or Bust: The blind march of racial reeducation

December 7, 2020 Jack Gist 11

According to Christopher F. Rufo, the San Diego Unified School District is requiring teachers to attend “white privilege” trainings where they are taught that they are racists. The captive audience is also taught they are […]

Books

Negotiating grace, nature, freedom, autonomy: A conversation with Douglas Farrow

August 18, 2020 Carl E. Olson 4

Douglas Farrow, PhD, is professor of theology and Christian thought at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. A noted lecturer and a prolific essayist, he is the author of several books, including Ascension and Ecclesia, Ascension Theology, […]

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Natural No Maas: The disintegration of the concept of all law in Luther

August 12, 2018 Timothy J. Gordon 20

Classical Protestantism is a voluntarist form of Christianity, such a radically different view of human and divine will that it must be differentiated from non-voluntarist […]

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