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Nathan JamesFilm Reviews/Hollywood

In (some) Theaters: "Off the Map"

In (some) Theaters: "Off the Map"

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

"Indeed"

"Indeed"

Matthew Lee AndersonEthicsAnthropologyembodimentLiberal ArtsTheology and Practice

Interesting Reading for the Weekend

Interesting Reading for the Weekend

Andrew Selby

Easter Prayer after reading Augustine's "Confessions" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Lord, you are good and your promises never fail. I bless you most precious God, maker and sustainer of the universe. I am learning much through Augustine right now. He fell away from you and must return, but can only […]

Andrew SelbyPro-Life

Pagan vs. Christian in the Schiavo Case

Pagan vs. Christian in the Schiavo Case

Matthew Lee AndersonPro-Life

European Birth Rates

European Birth Rates

Andrew Selby

Terri Schiavo Case - Bush gets involved - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

This case is really getting to my heart – I haven’t become this spirited about an issue for quite some time. Michael Schiavo, Mrs. Schiavo’s husband, is allowing her to slowly die since he removed her feeding tube. So far, […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Robert George on Terry Schiavo - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Robert George on Terry Schiavo (ht: Volokh Conspiracy): I don’t see that any just authority of the state of Florida is being displaced by the effort of Congress to ensure that Terri’s right to life is honored and that civil […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Charity Begins at Homo Sapiens - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Check out a recent article in New Scientist on the deep-seated altruism of humankind. The article isn’t conclusive, but it does pose problems for those who wish to collapse the fundamental distinction between humankind and the animal kingdom. Not that […]

TexPhilosophyEpistemology

Moral Relativism and the Air Force

Moral Relativism and the Air Force

Andrew SelbyFilm Reviews/Hollywood

“Their Eyes Were Watching God”

“Their Eyes Were Watching God”

Keith E. Buhler

Humour's purpose - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Hypothesis 1: One purpose of humour is to make palatable truths so horrible and terrible that we would otherwise ignore them entirely. I take “humour” to mean something like the presentation of some speech or image whose intention is to […]