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Andrew WalkerPoliticsSociology
Of late, one of the current topics I've spent the most time thinking about has been the debate surrounding the plan to build a Mosque near Ground Zero.
Matthew Lee Anderson
Should we put capitalism and traditional views of marriage back on the table? That’s the claim that James Davison Hunter made in the question and answer period. It was obviously a direct reply to my remarks, even though he didn’t […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Milliner's synopsis about my reply to James Davison Hunter is accurate, even if his praise is overstated. And make no mistake--it is. But because a few folks
Christopher BensonLiteratureFormation
For the last several weeks I have been trying to develop an ecological orientation through the narrative imagination. By ecological orientation, I mean "a new consciousness of the country&
Andrew WalkerPolitics
What was perpetrated this week by a particular brand of conservatism was neither conservative nor amenable to any type of Christianity seeking to align itself with the Right. I am, of course, referring to the Breitbartian tactics employed against Shirley […]
Christopher BensonBooks
I recently broadcast new and upcoming titles of interest, but a clear stand-out emerges. Here's the career of an inquiry. First, there was Lewis Mumford's
Matthew MillinerPoliticsPolitical Theology
What if political conservatism, properly understood (as it almost never is) not as the propagation of ideology, but as ideology's negation, naturally avoids James Davison Hunter's
Christopher BensonFormationHermeneutics
When I taught humanities at a Christian secondary school, I spent the first week or so of the fall semester exploring how Christians should read because I anticipated that the pagan literature of the Greeks and Romans would chafe against […]
Christopher BensonEducation
I earned my master's degree in liberal arts from the Graduate Institute of St. John's College (Annapolis, Maryland and Santa Fe, New Mexico). Mortimer Adler famously
Jake MeadorUncategorized
Cross posted at Notes from a Small Place. On Christopher's invite, I'm also responding to Matt's earlier post with my idea for a book
Christopher Benson
Blogging has several functions. One function that I particularly enjoy is broadcasting what’s “out there,” an appropriately vague phrase to capture the bewildering number of events, films, and books that deserve attention. I informed Mere O readers about recent films […]
Christopher BensonUncategorized
Mr. Anderson has written a fun blog post on titles waiting for a book. I hope all the contributors will offer their own titles. If I should ever write a