Peak Wine? Oh No!
Peak oil, I can live with. But peak wine? The US and China, in particular, have been drinking more. The US, which guzzles roughly 12% of the world’s wine, has seen its per capita consumption double...
View ArticleMore News From Post-Christian America
The Washington Post has been teasing data out from the 2010 US Religion Census (N.B., not part of the US Government’s census), showing the state of religious affiliation and participation in America....
View ArticleThe Future Of Christians In Post-Christian America
Writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Peter Conn says that religious colleges ought not to receive accreditation: Providing accreditation to colleges like Wheaton makes a mockery of whatever...
View ArticleFrance, Friend Of Iraqi Christians
The nation that opposed the 2003 US attack against Iraq is now making a bold humanitarian offer to that nation’s Christian internal refugees. From the BBC: The French government says it is ready to...
View ArticleThe Changing Countries of Christianity
Three things for your consideration: 1. Christianity boom in China forcing religion rethink, says the Economist: It is hard even to guess at the number of Christians in China. Official surveys seek to...
View ArticleIt’s Suppertime in America
This 1991 promotional video for the cheap steakhouse chain Sizzler is the most perfect thing of its kind ever made. To be an American is to be fresh-looking, to have straight teeth, and to incarnate...
View ArticleL’Option Benoît
David Sessions has some interesting ideas about how the Benedict Option talk reminds him of 19th century French Catholics coming to terms with the Revolution’s effects. Excerpts: I have developed a...
View ArticleShould Churches Be ‘Patriotic’?
I was driving around Baton Rouge this afternoon and saw a billboard advertising this upcoming event at a Southern Baptist Church in town. It reminded me of yesterday’s (really quite good) discussion...
View ArticleAmerican Race, Through Foreign Eyes
A commenter on the Ta-Nehisi Coates thread, a Turkish Muslim living in the US, posted remarks strongly critical of the way many Americans regard race relations, saying that in his view, too many blacks...
View ArticleWhat Is An American Catholic?
The Washington Post writes about Pew’s big new survey of the US Catholic landscape. Among the takeaways: Although an overwhelming majority of Catholics (nine in ten) believe in the concept of sin, they...
View ArticleUS Sanctuary for Syrians?
I have been highly critical of Angela Merkel and other European leaders for opening the doors wide to refugees from the Middle East, mostly on the grounds that there is no way for Europe to settle and...
View ArticleIslam, Christianity, Secularism
Spengler wrote the other day critical of Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslim entry into the US. Excerpt: I never thought the day would come when I would admonish Americans to show understanding and...
View Article‘A Land Of Jerking Knees’
After reading a Washington Post story making fun of Donald Trump’s penchant for fast food, Terry Teachout despairs for his country: Note the transition from “some people” to “us.” As in: Not our kind,...
View ArticleAnti-Modern = Pro-Muslim + Pro-Immigrant?
Matthew Loftus makes a provocative point: If globalism and liquid modernity are the problem, then immigration restriction is cutting off one of the few sources of new citizens who might possible share...
View ArticleTradition And Traditions
Greetings from Munich. This week, I have been in Trento, in northern Italy, attending a conference about the role of Tradition in contemporary American, European, and Russian life. I was there with a...
View ArticlePeak Wine? Oh No!
Peak oil, I can live with. But peak wine? The US and China, in particular, have been drinking more. The US, which guzzles roughly 12% of the world’s wine, has seen its per capita consumption double...
View ArticleMore News From Post-Christian America
The Washington Post has been teasing data out from the 2010 US Religion Census (N.B., not part of the US Government’s census), showing the state of religious affiliation and participation in America....
View ArticleThe Future Of Christians In Post-Christian America
Writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Peter Conn says that religious colleges ought not to receive accreditation: Providing accreditation to colleges like Wheaton makes a mockery of whatever...
View ArticleFrance, Friend Of Iraqi Christians
The nation that opposed the 2003 US attack against Iraq is now making a bold humanitarian offer to that nation’s Christian internal refugees. From the BBC: The French government says it is ready to...
View ArticleThe Changing Countries of Christianity
Three things for your consideration: 1. Christianity boom in China forcing religion rethink, says the Economist: It is hard even to guess at the number of Christians in China. Official surveys seek to...
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