The conflict between Mr. Ryan’s libertarianism and his Catholicism rests on rival anthropologies.
Jason Blakely
Jason Blakely is starting this fall as professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. His book Utopia for Our Century: A Manifesto of Hope, coauthored with David Albertson, is out July 21 with Yale University Press.
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Las Vegas and the fatalism of “thoughts and prayers” Christianity
Pat Robertson and others appear to have abandoned the notion that political action has the ability to improve the lives of the governed.
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The book Christians should read instead of ‘The Benedict Option’
In sharp contrast to Rod Dreher, Julian Carrón does not think Christians should disown contemporary society as a new “Dark Age.”
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Why Bannon’s pessimism won’t protect the Judeo-Christian tradition
Trump may have given one restrained speech, but Steve Bannon still hews to a vision of America under siege.
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Learning to live with identity politics in the age of Trump
A lesson from philosopher Charles Taylor: the key feature of modern times is pluralism.