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  • Christina Hoff Sommers Interview: On the ‘monster’ Harvey Weinstein, campus kangaroo courts, and reclaiming feminism

    Christina Hoff Sommers Interview: On the ‘monster’ Harvey Weinstein, campus kangaroo courts, and reclaiming feminism0

    American Enterprise Institute scholar Christina Hoff Sommers will be speaking at Intellectual Takeout’s gala on Oct. 30. A graduate of NYU who received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Brandeis University, Sommers joined AEI as the W.H. Brady fellow in 1997. She had previously taught philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Clark University. A best-selling

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  • Christians: Those Who Criticize ‘Religion’ May Have a Point

    Christians: Those Who Criticize ‘Religion’ May Have a Point0

    On the Intellectual Takeout Facebook page, we see a lot of commenters who are not only a-religious, but anti-religious. Sorry to say, but I’ve found that most of those who are anti-religious are intellectually unimpressive. Most of their retorts represent nothing more than name-calling, they clearly lack an understanding of basic religious tenets (which I

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  • Christians Need to Work on Their Reasoning When Defending Traditional Marriage

    Christians Need to Work on Their Reasoning When Defending Traditional Marriage0

    Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Catholic backbencher in the British Parliament who is being touted as a possible successor to Theresa May, touched off an explosion of indignation last week over his views on same-sex marriage and abortion. If his stars align, the 48-year-old Rees-Mogg could become the first-ever “Papist” prime minister. The Economist has derided moves to elevate

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  • Christians Need Not View the Secular World as ‘Utter Darkness’

    Christians Need Not View the Secular World as ‘Utter Darkness’0

    • April 1, 2016

    When it comes to Christians’ views of secular society, there have historically been two predominant options. One stresses the radical incommensurability of Christianity and the world—that the Christian view of the world and its values share nothing in common with the secular world. That Christianity is “light” and the world outside is utter darkness. (Many

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  • Christians Make the Best Art

    Christians Make the Best Art1

    Imagine a friend has invited you over to watch a newly released movie. “It’s a Christian movie,” he says, “but it’s actually really good.” Maybe he’s talking about “Nefarious.” Maybe “Jesus Revolution.” Maybe he’s recently discovered “God’s Not Dead 2” or “Heaven Is for Real.” Whatever the film, it speaks volumes that your friend feels the need

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  • Christians Face Surge of Intolerance, Discrimination

    Christians Face Surge of Intolerance, Discrimination0

    In 2011, I served as Representative of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) for combating racism, xenophobia, and intolerance and discrimination against Christians and members of other religions. There were two other representatives for combating anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. “Other religions” meant all religions other than Judaism and Islam.The OSCE is the largest

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