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The idea that our culture is post-Christian is an antiquated bromide that is dangerous because it masks a truth that is even more troubling. And that truth is that our culture is now
post-post-Christian insofar as the last vestiges of any real cultural influence by historic, conventional Christianity are now long gone. Fifty or so years ago Christianity began its slow decline into cultural irrelevance. But at least in the early stages of the decomposition there were still millions of Americans who had been believers at one time even if they had then fallen away into either a generalized indifference or an overt rejection of the Christian claim. And among the millions who had fallen into indifference there was still what I like to call “religion by proxy”, meaning there were many people who did not practice the faith, but who were glad that there were those who did and who found some measure of comfort in knowing that Christianity was still a
Monday, Feb. 1st -
•5:10am – Geologist and Author Gregory Wrightstone – Talking about the Biden / Kerry Climate Change Plans. He’ll also talk about his book ‘Inconvenient Facts: The Science Al Gore Doesn’t Want You to Know’ and talk about a new organization that he is a part of, the CO2 Coalition. | InconvenientFacts.xyz | CO2Coalition.org
•9:10am – Robert Charles, Former Assistant Secretary of State for George W. Bush, Formal Naval Intelligence Officer, Writer for AMAC and Spokesman for AMAC – Talking about Joe Biden’s Executive Overreach and the Continuing Saga of Impeachment. | AMAC.us
•9:40am – Kris DePaolo, CPA and CEO of Werner & Co. CPAs – He’ll go over some tax tips that you can still take advantage of before you face Uncle Sam on April 15th | WernerCPA.net
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The Theology of Identity Politics A new book reminds us why politics and religion including secular religions don’t mix.
Politics and law
The Social Order
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American Awakening, Georgetown political theory dean Joshua Mitchell unmasks identity politics for what it is: a toxic outgrowth of Protestant Christianity that threatens the American regime of liberty and self-government. The book builds on popular critiques of wokeness by placing the phenomenon in the grander scheme of our post-1989 experiment in secular hyper-liberalism.
While other writers have noted the religious fervor that underpins wokeness, few have gone beyond caricaturing it. For many religious-minded people, to speak of any similarities between identity politics and Christianity sounds like wild exaggeration. Yet Mitchell argues compellingly that the absence of God and forgiveness is the only substantive difference between the moral paradigm of wokeness and the Christian o
For the Conservative Reader: The Federalist’s Notable Books For 2020
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Well, they say hindsight is 2020 and thank God for that. Suffice to say, none of us are going to be wistfully blaring Ol’ Blue Eyes’ “It Was a Very Good Year” on New Year’s Eve. (Side note: Have you ever listened to the lyrics of that song? “It was a very good year / for blue-blooded girls of independent means.” Is Frank Sinatra being feminist or classist? I’m so confused.)
Anyway, if we’re going to go digging for some roast beef in this year’s crap sandwich, most of us had a little more time to read this year. That is good, because it’s time for The Federalist’s annual notable books column.