Tag: Oliver O’Donovan
Mere Fidelity: What Adoption Is and Isn’t
Today, the folks of Mere Fidelity tackle adoption. We’re drawing on the following text from Oliver O’Donovan’s Begotten or Made: Adoption is not procreation, and does not fulfil the procreative good of marriage. It is a charitable vocation indicated to childless copules...
The Gospel and Public Life: Get the Audio of a Conversation with Oliver O’Donovan
I’m grateful that Ken Myers has posted the audio of the conversation we had two weeks ago in Washington D.C. with Oliver O’Donovan. You need to register with Ken’s site to get it, which is free and not burdensome, but...
The Morality of the Story
Alasdair MacIntyre is widely credited with restoring the category of ‘story’ or ‘narrative’ to the forefront of the discussion in meta-ethics. In his influential work After Virtue (1981) he set out his argument for the bankruptcy of most modern ethical theories such as utilarianism...
Silence and the Passion: On CNN, Louie Giglio, and Me
Over the weekend, I wrote this at CNN about the Louie Giglio debacle: The news that Louie Giglio is no longer going to give the benediction at President Obama’s inauguration sent shock waves around the conservative Christian world. Conservative Christians...
A Word of Caution on the Same-Sex Marriage Debates
Oliver O’Donovan: The old conservative aspiration to recover the jewel of minimal government out of the ashes of conflagration is delusive. A government will find agreement wherever it can, and will enforce it by all such measures as it can summon to...
Oliver O’Donovan on the American Political Environment
In light light of Andrew’s excellent interviews with Craig Carter, I thought you all might be interested in an interview with Oliver O’Donovan by the folks over at the Society for the Advancement of Ecclesial Theology (may their tribe increase)....