Monthly Archives: May 2010

The Liberal Arts and Modernity

There’s a useful article, by Peter Kreeft, on the interrelationship of a liberal arts education and contemporary misculture linked at Inside Catholic, which also has interesting comments confirming the article’s argument. Here’s a brief excerpt from the article: . . … Continue reading

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The Christian Concept of Rationality

From Lesslie Newbigin’s The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society (1989), page 63-64: The Christian tradition of rationality takes as its starting point not any alleged self-evident truths. Its starting point is events in which God made himself known to men … Continue reading

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USA Religious Statistics

Statistics from the 2010 Yearbook (National Council of Churches), not including groups which did not update membership statistics: The Catholic Church, 68,115,001 members, up 1.49 percent. Southern Baptist Convention,16,228,438 members, down 0.24 percent. The United Methodist Church, 7,853,987 members, down … Continue reading

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What is the Catholic Faith Like

At Called to Communion, Tim Troutman writes: . . . Catholicism rings true because of her paradoxes. She indulges, yet she is frugal; that is, she is both the most ascetic and the most indulgent, or put another way, she … Continue reading

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Stock Market Dynamics

1927-1933 Chart:

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Prof. Janet E. Smith’s Published Articles

It’s wonderful that, thanks to the Internet, many scholarly materials are easily available. For example, the articles of Janet E. Smith.

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