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June 2022

June 17, 2022

The Religious Right Gives Way to the Nonreligious Right

Progressives have been blaming Christian conservatives for sexism, racism, and the election of Donald Trump....

June 17, 2022

Open Thread

This weekend let's have another open thread. You can post in the comments topics that...

June 16, 2022

Decadence

After the life leaves the body, it decays. The same could be said when the...

June 15, 2022

“Just Wars” vs. “Wars of Necessity”

Christian reflection on war has long been governed by "Just WarTheory," but that concept is...

June 14, 2022

The Reputation of Lutherans and Other Denominations

The Southern Baptist resource provider Lifeway has done a survey of how the general public...

June 13, 2022

Temptation of the “High IQ Stupid”: Preferring Theory to Reality

Peggy Noonan coins the term "high IQ stupid" for the syndrome of highly-educated people who...

June 10, 2022

Politicians Have Been Borrowing Megachurch Tactics

Bill Bishop, who has studied the social dimension of politics, says that beginning with George...

June 10, 2022

What Are You Watching?

Some say we are in a new golden age of television, as streaming technology makes...

June 09, 2022

The Greater Diversity of Small Towns

Americans increasingly only live near and interact with people similar to themselves. This contributes to...

June 08, 2022

Agents to be Persuaded or Victims to be Nudged?

What is a citizen? A rational, self-governing individual, so that the political task consists largely...

June 07, 2022

The Conversion of a “Spiritual but Not Religious” Secularist

British novelist Paul Kingsnorth has written "an essay-length account of my journey from atheism to...

June 06, 2022

The Opposite of Christianity?

In a penetrating critique of contemporary culture, the novelist Paul Kingsnorth argues that the Christian...

June 03, 2022

Pentecost and Other Neglected Holy Days

Sunday is Pentecost, following close upon Ascension Day last Thursday. Both mark extraordinarily important events...

June 03, 2022

Read Any Good Books Lately?

Have you read any books lately that might be of interest to kindred spirits in...

June 02, 2022

Scientism vs. Historicism

There are two poles of contemporary thought--evident in academic philosophy departments, ordinary people's differences of...

June 01, 2022

Churches as the Biggest Threat to Religion?

We usually assume that threats to Christianity come from the outside--the forces of secularism, postmodernism,...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

Entertainment in Our Culture of Death

The killer at Uvalde, Texas, didn't seem to have anything against the fourth graders he...

May 30, 2022

Memory and Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a holiday devoted to memory. Memory is a super-power that human beings...

May 27, 2022

Abortion and the Historic Church

Abortion existed throughout human history, including the ancient world. And Christianity has consistently condemned abortion...

May 27, 2022

Talking Music

Here is a haunting song from Simon Khorolskiy. What other new music would you recommend...

May 26, 2022

Did Evangelicals Used to Support Abortion?

The Southern Baptist Convention and some prominent evangelicals supported legalized abortion in the years just...

May 25, 2022

What Americans Have in Common & What Divides Us

A European can't get his mind around America's culture wars. He says that Americans have...

May 24, 2022

Weddings as the End vs. Weddings as the Beginning

Traditionally, says Michael Warren Davis, weddings were seen as a beginning, the start of a...

May 23, 2022

Normalization

"Normalization" is both a sociological and psychological phenomenon and a self-conscious tactic in changing culture....

May 20, 2022

Newspeak for Abortion, Part 2

George Orwell's classic essay "Politics and the English Language" is a must-read for all citizens,...

May 20, 2022

Prayer Requests

This weekend, to build up the Cranach community and to exercise our faith, let us...

May 19, 2022

Newspeak for Abortion, Part 1

Abortion advocates are changing the language that is politically-correct for discussing abortion. "Pro-choice" is out,...

May 18, 2022

“Possession” and Psychiatry

Demonic possessions seem to be increasing since the pandemic. And some psychiatrists are recognizing the...

May 17, 2022

The Rise of Conservative Comedy

Conservative comedy is on the rise, while liberal comedy is floundering. Even progressive scholars are...

May 16, 2022

“Politics Is Not Supposed to Be Spiritually Fulfilling”

The various critiques of liberal (i.e., freedom-based) democracy that we have been hearing from both...