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Category Archives: Theology
The Swerve: Modernity & The Creation Of Contemporary Life
Just as contemporary historians and philosophers are finally beginning to ride astride the findings of Catholic theologians on distinguishing variable modes of the Enlightenment (Hans Urs von Balthasar, John Courtney Murray, Henri De Lubac and Gertrud Himmelfarb) all come to … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquity, Hans Urs von Balthasar, John Paul II, Philosophy, Shakespeare, Theology
Tagged 14th Century, Augustine, austerity, Cicero, Gerturd Himmelfarb, Hans Urs von Balthasar, hedonism, Henri De Lubac, Henry VIII, John Courtney Murray, John Fisher, Levant, Lucretius, Poggio Bracciolini, Positivism, Quintillian, Reformers, relativity, Steven Greenblatt, Tertullian, Thomas More, Vitruvius
Identity & Personhood In Ancient Rome: The Specificity Of Christian Ethics vs. The Eros Of Selfish Property
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
Posted in Abortion, Antiquity, Ethics, Identity Development, John Paul II, Sexual Ethics, Theology
Tagged Dasen, Henry the Navigator, Human Identity, Islam, Laes, Legal Positivism, Mediterranean, Personhood, Pincer Movement, Positivism, Roman Childhood, Roman Empire, Sexual Ethics, Silver Mines, specificity of christian ethics, Statius
What Has Athens To Do With Jerusalem?
The North African Catholic Church throughout the last remaining centuries before the fall of Rome was the most fertile intellectual region before the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. I don’t say that in a cavalier way, for the Church … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Tocqueville, Antiquity, Arab Spring, Conservatism, Constitution, Ethics, Harry Jaffa, Identity Development, International Relations, Islam, Morality, Politics, Theology
Tagged Abstractions, Alexis de Tocqueville, Athens & Jerusalem, Bismark, Catholic Absolutism, Cicero, Code of Justinian, Edmund Burke, Enlightenment, Faith & Reason, Forum, Founding Fathers, France, Islam, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Justinian, Liberty, Locke, machiavelli, Mary Ann Glendon, Max Weber, Ratio, Reflections on Revolution in France, Reign of Terror, Roman Civil Law, Tertullian, Tower, Tribonian
Raising Children In Hell’s Kitchen
New York City officials now report that 45% of pregnancies end in abortion. It’s over 60% for African Americans. Sisters ‘For Life’ is a Roman Catholic Order celebrating its 20th anniversary in New York City. They take the usual vows … Continue reading
Posted in Morality, Theology
Tagged Abortion, Convent of Sacred Heart, Hell's Kitchen, Sister Rita Marie, Sisters for life
Sex & The City: The Social and Political Impact Of Militant Feminism
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
Posted in China, Conservatism, Economics, Ethics, Feminization Of Men, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Identity Development, Islam, Israel, John Paul II, Marriage Preparation, Morality, Near East, Pope Benedict XVI, Sexual Ethics, The Demise Of The Black Family, Theology
Tagged Fertility rates, Israeli Apartheid Wall, London Population Matters, Modernity's trap, Norman Bourlag
A Jesuit In The Forbidden City
Ronnie Po-chia Hsia is a professor at Pennsylvania State University, he has written a very engaging biography of the first Jesuit (Matteo Ricci) to enter and be received into “The Forbidden City” (Beijing) in 1596. Everyone knows that the Papacy … Continue reading
Posted in China, Frontier, International Relations, Philosophy, Politics, Theology
Tagged Confucian classics, guanxi, Jesuit in the Forbidden City, Joseph Needham, Li Zhizao, Matteo Ricci, Michele Ruggieri, Ming Dynasty, Ronnie Po-chia Hsia, Science & Civilization in China, Simon Winchester, The Man Who Loved China
Fredrick Law Olmstead: Unity Between Landscape, Social Order & Personality Development
The recognized indissoluble unity between geography and personality development is well attested to throughout the West. The arrival of positivism in the late 17th century created a methodology (the scientific method) that sought to impose on reality the constraints of … Continue reading
Posted in Identity Development, Morality, Mysticism, Poets, Theology
Tagged Aesthetic, Brooklyn's Prospect Part, Central Park, Chicago's Riverside Park, Fredrick Law Olmstead, geography personality development, God, Landscape, Moral, Sacrament, Social Order, Vanderbilt Estate, Yosemite National Park
Rowan Williams Is No Thomas Beckett
I must admit that I do not always admire Dr. Rowan Williams even if sometimes he demonstrates the absolute candor required in leaders. Nevertheless, this wile theologian continues to reveal a steadfastness, especially as he reveals the distinction that is … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Islam, Philosophy, Pope Benedict XVI, Theology
Tagged BBC, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Hegel, Karl Rahner, Rowan Williams
Holy Ignorance
How can one study the failure that is political Islam and Protestantism? The former dwells on an archaic vision that simply cannot address contemporary issues while the latter remains permanently entangled in the cultural morass of exalted personal autonomy. For … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatism, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Islam, John Paul II, Morality, Mysticism, Politics, Pope Benedict XVI, Theology
Tagged Absolute Freedom, Autonomy, Civilization, disenchantment, Evangelization, Holy Ignorance, Individualism, Islam, John Paul II, Max Weber, Oliver Roy, Radical Autonomy, Salafist, Secular life
The Social Crisis of the Working Class
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
Posted in Alex Tocqueville, Conservatism, Constitution, Education, Eric Voegelin, Ethics, Feminization Of Men, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Harry Jaffa, Identity Development, International Relations, Islam, John Paul II, Marriage Preparation, Morality, Pope Benedict XVI, Prayer, Sexual Ethics, Sociology, The Demise Of The Black Family, Theology
Tagged alex tocqueville, Charles Murray, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Francis Grund, Judeo Christian Morality, marriage, Morality, Sexual Ethics, social capital, social crisis of working class, State of White America, unwanted pregnancy, upper middle class, Working class
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