Much of my time is spent on a university campus. To be a Christian in such a context often devolves into debates centered around merely speculative theology and philosophy, typically forwarded as a means of defending one’s faith. Especially in the broader culture of twenty-first-century North America – of which the universities are arguably theContinue reading “A Tension of Christian Life”
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Socialism & Modernity: Considerations from George Grant
For P. T. K., an ever-enlightening interlocutor Socialism is a topic that, like many other contemporary “-isms,” I do not think has a particularly stable definition. One can provide rough histories of the topic that either associate it with the theorizing of figures like Karl Marx or reasonably connect it to the workers’ movements ofContinue reading “Socialism & Modernity: Considerations from George Grant”
A Note on Agentic Attribution
What I here wish to discuss is, in some ways, a criticism of one way that people speak metaphorically despite that my concern is about what people believe literally. Despite this caveat, I do think that people often allow metaphors to become somewhat unmoored from what they were initially meant to convey – and myContinue reading “A Note on Agentic Attribution”
A Twisted Mirror
Though I am not much of one for “trigger warnings,” I think a cautionary note to begin this post is in order. This is a reflection on the work (specifically one text) of Bret Easton Ellis, an author who is well known for including rather despicable content in his writing. This post will reference someContinue reading “A Twisted Mirror”
Technological Thinking and the Human Person as a What
For Fr. Dcn. A. P. W. B. I have a friend who loves to tell a story about a phrase he heard from His Eminence, Cardinal Collins, at a dinner party: “We must remember that a human being is a ‘who’ and not a ‘what,’ a subject to be valued, not an object to beContinue reading “Technological Thinking and the Human Person as a What”
The Folly in a Standard of Autonomy
The issues of vaccination and abortion have been at the forefront of recent cultural dialogue, at least in the US and Canada. In connection with both issues, there has been a continual emphasis on “autonomy” in one form or another. Both issues have seen many people focusing upon ‘bodily’ autonomy, though I must admit thatContinue reading “The Folly in a Standard of Autonomy”
Hoping for Clarity 