2019 Eric Voegelin Society's Submission Reminder!
The deadline for submissions for the 2019 Eric Voegelin Society on August 29-September 1 in Washington D.C. is due January 15, 2019. Please submit your paper proposal and volunteer as a chair and discussant through the American Political Science Association submission system. The submission system is available here. More…
Our List of Christmas Holiday Readings and Books of the Year for 2018
Brought to you by the friends of and contributors to VoegelinView! Michael Henry (St. John’s University) Michael Walsh’s The Fiery Angel: Art, Culture, Sex, Politics, and the Struggle for the Soul of the West Walsh her continues his effort to restore an appreciation for Western Civilization and counter…
The Idol of Our Age: How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity
The Idol of Our Age: How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity. Daniel J. Mahoney. New York: Encounter Books, 2018. Machiavelli accuses Christians of un-civic softness. His attention distracted by Heaven, the Christian neglects reality on earth. Since material reality turns out to be the only kind Machiavelli…
St. Augustine: The Limits of Moral Action and Politics
People hope and pray that their nation will enjoy peace, security, and at least a modicum of neighborly flourishing. They are willing to suffer and bear large amounts of corruption and injustice in the body politic until a time comes when measures are required to save the polity, and…
Augustine: A Saint for Eternity
When the Visigoths sacked Rome in 410, the city that had taken the world captive had fallen into captivity. The event was a transformative moment in Western history. It marked the final eclipse of antiquity and the beginning of late antiquity. Rome’s sacking also shattered the emergent idea of imperium…
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Michael Henry (St. John’s University)
Michael Walsh's The Fiery Angel: Art, Culture, Sex, Politics, and the Struggle for the Soul of the West
Walsh her continues his effort to restore an appreciation for Western Civilization and counter those who profess to hate it by focusing on showing how the Heroic Narrative lies…
Machiavelli accuses Christians of un-civic softness. His attention distracted by Heaven, the Christian neglects reality on earth. Since material reality turns out to be the only kind Machiavelli admits, head-in-the-clouds Christians bemuse themselves, sometimes to the Florentine’s amusement but more usually…
- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America).[1]
Tocqueville expresses surprise that commentators do not dwell more on the influence of inheritance. He believes that the laws and mores of inheritance “should be placed at the…
2019 Eric Voegelin Society’s Submission Reminder! 
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Our List of Christmas Holiday Readings and Books of the Year for 2018 
The Idol of Our Age: How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity 
St. Augustine: The Limits of Moral Action and Politics 
Augustine: A Saint for Eternity 
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