Category Archives: Sexual Ethics

Identity & Personhood In Ancient Rome: The Specificity Of Christian Ethics vs. The Eros Of Selfish Property

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

This blog has dealt sufficiently with the concept of ‘The Specificity of Christian Ethics’ at great length, it cannot be ignored how secular life itself is a perversion of Christianity.  This insight will move into greater relief as the West … Continue reading →

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Islam & ‘Sex Slaves’: Case Study

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

I suppose that most people are unable to wade into distinct contrasts between traditions (moral or textual) that animate various religious traditions.  I say ‘religious’ for a distinct reason:  revelation reveals ‘man’ to ‘himself’. In other words, the concept of … Continue reading →

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Sex & The City: The Social and Political Impact Of Militant Feminism

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

I was always dismayed when people use any kind of moral equivalency.  An example is the ‘Wall of Apartheid’ (originally coined by Jimmy Carter) throughout the West Bank in Israel.  Anyone with even a modicum of knowledge of the politics … Continue reading →

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The Social Crisis of the Working Class

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington remains the single most significant sociologist since the passing of Seymour Martin Lipset.  His latest is titled ‘The State of White America’.  This is a startling account of reversal of America’s … Continue reading →

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Fascist Islam: History & Prospects

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

Although Malise Ruthven is credited with coining the term ‘Islamofascism’ while writing for the British Independent in 1990, the term was coined by Maxine Rodinson.  Nevertheless, we have throughout the west a vast intellectual reserve providing antecedents for us to … Continue reading →

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Karol Wojtyla On Imago Dei

Posted on July 6, 2010 by

‘In affirming that the spouses, as parents, cooperate with God the Creator in conceiving and giving birth to a new human being, we are not speaking merely with reference to the laws of biology.  Instead we wish to emphasize that … Continue reading →

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How To Discern Gay Marriage

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

According to many State laws one has a right to marry; more properly understood as a dispensation given from the State for the purpose of fulfilling one’s humanity.  The language of such courts is very significant, for it reduces the … Continue reading →

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The Domestic Challenge Facing The West

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

Just what exactly is a culture war? It’s about competing forms of authority, and how they inform and shape human freedom. Today that war is waged within the once sacred, confined domain of the family, sexual ethics, law, technology, even … Continue reading →

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Lawrence Kaplan

Posted on June 23, 2010 by

“The sleep of reason breeds monsters.”                                                                     … Continue reading →

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The Motivation of John Paul II

Posted on June 23, 2010 by

Throughout his Papacy John Paul II had the conviction that the Church must play the central role in assisting how to discern true from false freedom.  As a trained moral theologian, Karol Wojtyla understood the demands of reason in modernity, … Continue reading →

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