Notes on Perils and Possibilities of Human Exceptionalism
The modern academy is in a crisis. We are splintering under the weight of a disorienting shift drawing us beyond pluralism, a welcoming of diversity, toward relativism,…
Timothy Dwight: Revolutionary Conservative Theologian and Educator
To combine the terms “revolutionary” and “conservative” is to introduce at the outset an element of paradox into the discussion. Yet these monikers must both be applied…
Louis Auguste Sabatier and the Subjective Turn in Theological Education
The nineteenth century saw seismic shifts of emphasis and consciousness within the field of theology. Developments in other disciplines on the rise in academic authority, such as…
The Origins and Development of Catholic Opposition to Eugenics
Eugenics became a major focus of intellectual consideration in the first half of the twentieth century. While some Protestant social reformers were often enthusiastic supporters of the…
Notes on Pope Pius IX and Science in Light of the Syllabus of Errors
Introduction Few in the Roman See have elicited such strong emotions and evaluations, both in his own era and in ours, regarding guidance of the Catholic church…
Notes on Stalinism as a Secular Religion
Introduction As with nearly any claim in scholarly discourse, the assertion that the communism espoused by Marx, Lenin, and Stalin constituted a secular religion is a controversial…
Notes on V. I. Lenin and the 1922 Moscow Trial of the Russian Orthodox Church
Introduction Like a shape-shifter, global communism and its intellectual ideals have shown a remarkable resiliency and an ability to adapt to various cultures. The fall of communism…
Notes on Early Marx, Religion, and Recent Scholarship on Marxism and Religion
Introduction St. Augustine’s City of God offers a vision of harmony that serves as a lasting contrast with the conflict model of reality espoused by the Dialectical…
Feuerbach and Comte: Religion and Human Nature
In his classic work A Secular Age, Charles Taylor argued that the shift away from religious and toward a secular worldview turns not sheerly on scientific, but…