Archive for 2016
July 26th, 2016 | 
Author: The lion and the lamb are two of the most important biblical images of Christ. Obviously, the lion depicts Christ’s power and the lamb his loving sacrifice for us sinners. Nevertheless, we fail to do justice to these images, if we do not see how the Bible relates them to one another. Two Christian novelists, C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams, can help us to grasp the profundity of the biblical portrayal of Christ as both lion and lamb or better be grasped by it.[1] Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Bible, Religion and Culture, Spirituality | 
Tags: Apostle John, Aslan, Book of Revelation, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Christ as Lamb, Christ as Lion, Gospel of John, love, Narnia, power, sacrifice of Christ, the cross, The Lion, The Place of the Lion, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 
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A common misconception of the modern world is that one can separate technical training or the mastery of skills from moral formation.[1] In this essay I will argue that good reading is not just a skill but is a moral or ethical act. Why that is so will lead us into issues concerning the nature of truth and the existence of God. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in C. S. Lewis, Religion and Culture, Skepticism, Spirituality |
Tags: An Experiment in Criticism, atheism, author, C. S. Lewis, correspondence theory of truth, ethics, faith, Friedrich Nietzsche, God, hermeneutic of love, hermeneutic of suspicion, humility, knowledge, love, reading, The Happy Science, transcendence, truth, Will to Power |
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One of the consistent accusations against those who voted in favor of Brexit, the referendum on Great Britain leaving the European Union (EU), is that they are racists. The charge is based upon the facts that the great majority of those who voted for Brexit are white and many are motivated by an anti-immigrant bias, even animus. In contrast, the opponents of Brexit view themselves as tolerant, even welcoming, of racial differences.
The problem with the anti-Brexits’ racist charge is that it is inexact and self-serving. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Political Philosophy, Religion and Culture |
Tags: Brexit, ethnicity, European Union, identity, multiculturalism, Progressivism, race, racism |
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In our previous three posts I argued that Bernie Sanders was not a socialist according to any of the three major historical socialist movements—utopian, revolutionary, and evolutionary. In this post I’ll argue that Sanders fits in more with the American political tradition of left-wing populism and progressivism. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Political Philosophy, Religion and Culture |
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Bill Maher, conservatism, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Huey Long, New Deal, Norman Thomas, Old Republic, Populism, private property, Progressivism, Republican Party, rhetoric, Robert La Follette, Share Our Wealth, social security, socialism, Square Deal, Sr., state capitalism, Tea Party, William Jennings Bryan |
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In the previous two posts Bernie Sanders, the first presidential candidate of one of the two major political parties in American history to declare himself a socialist, has been shown to be neither a utopian socialist nor a revolutionary socialist. The question now is whether he can be legitimately labelled an evolutionary socialist. Read the rest of this entry »