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Pope Benedict XVI on C.S. Lewis

Source: “Cardinal Ratzinger in Cambridge,” BRIEFING 88, vol. 18, no. 3 (5 February 1988); reprinted in the CANADIAN CSL JOURNAL no. 63 (Summer 1988), 4-5. “Long before the outbreak of terrorism and the invasion of drugs, the English… Read More

Voluntary Associations and America

Voluntary associations have played a vital and pervasive role in the development of the American frontier and West, as well as for the United States as a whole.  In an oft-quoted passage, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy… Read More

Eric Voegelin on Gnosticism

This morning, over at The Imaginative Conservative, Eric Voegelin’s Gnosticism. Though we associate Gnosticism with early Christianity, especially with the warnings against the “anti-Christ” in the writings of St. John the Beloved, Gnosticism actually emerged in the Near East… Read More

Yogapants; Or, Why We Should Culturally Appropriate

My most recent piece at The Imaginative Conservative. I was also extremely hungry…. About a block from the hotel, I spied an Asian restaurant, Bahn Thai. I trepidatiously crossed the street and walked up the stairs to the… Read More

Frank Sheed Interviews Christopher Dawson, 1958

Excellent interview.  Two of the finest Christian humanists of the 20th century.  Enjoy. sheed interview dawson 1958

C.S. Lewis, “Christianity and Culture,” 1940

An excellent article.  But, of course! csl christianity and culture 1940

Christopher Dawson’s Dark Mirror

Another favorite Christian Humanist article–“The Dark Mirror” by Christopher Dawson. Note especially the “postscript” on intuition and imagination.  This is certainly Dawson’s most explicit examination of such. cd dark mirror

A Voegelin Primer

Over at The Imaginative Conservative, I had the great privilege of writing a three-part essay on one of the most important forgotten thinkers of the past century, Eric Voegelin. Here’s part I: http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/02/eric-voegelin-a-primer.html

Carl Olson Reviews RUSSELL KIRK: AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE

A great review by my friend, Carl, at CHRONICLES magazine, edited by another man I greatly respect, Scott Richert. http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2016/February/40/2/magazine/article/10829933/

New York Times Review of RUSSELL KIRK: AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE

  YES!  Throw any superlative you want out there, I’m your man!!!  Thank you, NYT! http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/books/review/russell-kirk-american-conservative-by-bradley-j-birzer.html

On Al Kresta, Talking Kirk

  I had a great time talking with one of my favorite radio hosts, Al Kresta.  Thanks, Al! https://avemariaradio.net/audio-archive/kresta-in-the-afternoon-january-20-2016-hour-2/

Request for Any Robert Nisbet Correspondence

Dear Anyone, I’m trying to collect any and all letters to and from Robert Nisbet (1913-1996). He wrote letters frequently, but no one has yet collected his correspondence except for the Library of Congress (which just has three boxes, mostly… Read More