October 11, 2016
Search results for "Inventing the Individual"
February 10, 2015
How Christianity Gave Us the Modern World
September 13, 2023
Is the Tide Turning on Religious Belief?
In the latter half of the 19th century, the poet Matthew Arnold, on his honeymoon, was walking with his bride along the rocky shoreline of the English Channel as the tide was going out. Continue Reading...
April 19, 2023
Why Christianity Is Necessary for Liberty
Depending on one’s perspective, religious freedom was either born or died with the founding of the United States of America. The colonial powers of Europe of the late 18th century had dominant religious majorities and established churches. Continue Reading...
May 11, 2022
The Sowell of black America
“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.” —Augustine
Thomas Sowell is a towering figure in the liberty movement, certainly the most (in)famous “black conservative” of the 20th century. Continue Reading...
December 21, 2021
Take recent polls about COVID hastening the demise of American religion with a grain of salt
The latest Pew Research Center survey on American religion reflects a familiar trend in recent years: declining levels of Christian affiliation and growing numbers of religiously unaffiliated (the “nones”). Almost 30% of those surveyed told Pew that they identify with no particular religion, compared to 16% in 2007. Continue Reading...
November 30, 2020
Why are schools closed? Unions and partisanship, study finds
On Monday, children across the nation ceased giving thanks as they returned to school after their extended holiday break. However, millions more would rejoice if they had that opportunity (as would their parents), an opportunity that a new study finds they are denied not on the basis of science, but by the brawn of union strength and political pressure. Continue Reading...
July 03, 2020
Rand Paul on the fatal conceits of COVID-19 central planning
When the first wave of COVID-19 hit the United States, Americans were generally sympathetic to the various lockdowns. Yes, we were likely to endure significant economic pain, but given how little we knew about the virus and how great the risks could be, we were willing to accept the cost. Continue Reading...
December 18, 2019
Turning points in Catholic social teaching
In a recent Acton Line podcast I began by asking Father Robert Sirico the very large question, what is Catholic social teaching and why is it important today? He answered that the Church has always had a social teaching but that when we usually discuss Catholic social teaching today we begin with Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum Novarum. Continue Reading...
April 16, 2019
How Rod Dreher’s ‘Benedict Option’ misunderstands Christian liberalism
Rod Dreher is once again exasperated. He is frustrated by a rumor that George Weigel hasn’t bought the tireless promotion of his ‘Benedict Option’:
A few months ago, Weigel appeared at an event in Providence, RI, to discuss the Benedict Option. Continue Reading...
