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E. J. HutchinsonPolitical TheoryPolitical Theology

An Introduction to the Reformed Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms

Looking at the work of Calvin, Eric Hutchinson explains why framing political theology questions in terms of "church v state" is a basic category error.

Matthew LoftusCultureHealth & Medicine

I love candy, but I'm glad my wife won't let me eat it all the time - Doctors Without Boredom

If you eat intellectual junk food, you will get moral diabetes. Which leads to cultural amputations and political dialysis. And terrible-analogy insulin.

Jake Meador

The Abolition of Troy Chatham | Mere Orthodoxy

Those who accuse Wendell Berry of idealizing the past simply aren't reading him closely enough.

Matthew LoftusCultureEconomics

What Wendell Berry Gets Wrong About Wendell Berry - Doctors Without Boredom

Don't let the particulars of Wendell Berry's vision hinder you from learning from the principles.

Jake MeadorEconomicsc.s. lewis

The Sense of Ownership is Always to be Encouraged - Commonplaces

Lewis, writing as Screwtape, on the question of how one uses “their” time:

Jake Meador

Sertillanges on the Intellectual Virtues - Commonplaces

According to Sertillanges, the good and the true flourish in the same soil and so they cannot be ultimately separated.

Jake Meadorc.s. lewis

The Future is Least Like Eternity - Commonplaces

CSL in Screwtape writing about the relationship between vice and obsession with the future:

Jake Meador

Sertillanges on the Amateur Scholar - Commonplaces

Sertillanges counsels those aspiring scholars who, due to other obligations, think they lack the time to do real scholarship.

Jake Meador

The Jingling Bells of Publicity - Commonplaces

A. D. Sertillanges offers a devastating rebuke of much of the work done by today's "public intellectuals."

Jake Meador

Plough Magazine: The Hole in Wendell Berry's Gospel - Commonplaces

Plough Magazine features a common but wrong-headed critique of Berry's work.

Jake MeadorChurchEconomics

The Puritan Society - Commonplaces

Early American history scholar Francis Bremer describes the Puritan doctrine of the commonwealth.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: The Incarnation - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In the final show of 2016, Matt, Alastair, and Derek consider whether God would have become incarnate had Adam not sinned, and the value of thinking about such hypotheticals. Thanks to all of our listeners for your support this year. This […]