Tag: Christianity

Piety and Polemic

Islamic apologetics have, somewhat contradictorily, tended to ally themselves with a secular, Western academic drive to denigrate European culture and Christendom.

The Problem of An Urban Eschaton

Whilst escape from the city for the sake of prayer and meditation is a recurring motif of Western literature, and one that plays an important role in the life of Jesus Christ, one of the great achievements of our civilisation has been that of sanctifying the city.

How to Be a Counter-Revolutionary

The future does not belong to the champions of sterile sex and dumpsters filled with dead babies. Rather, it belongs to those who will fight for love, self-sacrifice, and the children of the next generation.

Ecclesiastical Newspeak and the Hatred of Catholic Tradition

Catholics are surrounded by the upside-down chatter of ecclesiastical newspeak, and it is here to stay, that is, until a rediscovery that the Church derives her purpose from the Great Commission—the mandate to make disciples of all nations, and this cannot be substituted.

Individual Integrity and Social Solidarity: A Christian Response to Polarization

This is true individuality and true solidarity: We are all free lords subject to no one, yet also dutiful servants subject to everyone. Why? Because of the equal status of all human beings before God. We are all unworthy sinners, yet we are all worthy of salvation through trust in God. Thus, regardless of our earthly status, we all possess equal and inviolable dignity as individuals. And we are all called to solidarity in service to others.