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Category Archives: Hans Urs von Balthasar
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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Quick Intro To Christian Faith
In a radio interview the late great Swiss Catholic Theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar once remarked that: “We cannot really understand anything of Christ apart from the mystery of the Trinity or The Church without faith in Christ’s divinity & … Continue reading
Posted in Hans Urs von Balthasar, Uncategorized
Tagged Christian Faith, Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Rocco Buttiglione: The Work That Was John Paul The Great
It is simply not possible to speak of greatness without referring to Karol Wojtyla (pronounced Why-tee-wah), otherwise known as John Paul II. No other person than Rocco Buttiglione, Professor of politics, social ethics and economics at the International Academy for … Continue reading
Fascist Islam: History & Prospects
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
Posted in Alex Tocqueville, Arnold Toynbee, Constitution, Eric Voegelin, Ethics, Hans Urs von Balthasar, International Relations, Islam, John Paul II, Kant, Morality, Near East, Oriana Fallachi, Politics, Pope Benedict XVI, Sexual Ethics, Sociology, Terrorism, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Fascism, Hitler, Idealism, Kant, liberalism, Malise Ruthven, Maxine Rodinson, Pope John Paul II, Sharia Law, Totalitarianism
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The Promise Of Secular Life: Dystopic Mania For A Shapeless Freedom
Most Catholics can remember when Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II) began criticizing the foundations of our capitalist ethic in admonishing the wests embrace of materialism. He challenged us to become more by having less. As a poet he understood the … Continue reading
George Orwell & Aldous Huxley Fathers of Doublespeak: A Clarion Call To Church & Artists
Both Orwell (real name Eric Blair) and Huxley left a substantial body of work that bore out the conviction that modern man was incapable of coping, resolving the demands of his time. Other writers, less artistic yet still formidable in … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Tocqueville, Arnold Toynbee, Conservatism, Eric Voegelin, Hans Urs von Balthasar, International Relations, Islam, John Paul II, Morality, Politics, Pope Benedict XVI, Raymond Aron, Reagan, Sociology, solzhenitzen, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Andre Malraux, Churchill, Europe, Francios Mauriac, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gaudium et Spes, Huxley, Ignatio Ellacuria, James Joyce, John Paul II, John XXIII, Orwell, Raymond Aron, Roosevelt, Samuel Beckett, Second Vatican Council, Solzhenitsyn, specificity of christian ethics, Truman, Vaclav Haval, WWII
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