In The Mind of the Maker, her brilliant book about theology and art, Dorothy L. Sayers discusses the differences between the biblical and modern attitudes toward life as revealed in the language we use. Sayers provides an illuminating quote from a Unitarian minister named L. P. Jacks: “I am informed by philologists that the rise
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Most of us are familiar with C. S. Lewis and his enduringly popular Chronicles of Narnia, his Space Trilogy, his various works of Christian apologetics such as Mere Christianity, and his natural law classic, The Abolition of Man. But only a small fraction of Lewis’ readers are aware that Lewis, for all his personal distaste
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#1: Fewer ‘I dos’ There’s no doubt: Fewer people are making a commitment to marriage. Barely “more than half of adults in the U.S. say they’re living with a spouse,” writes Jay Zagorsky, an economist at The Ohio State University. “It is the lowest share on record, and down from 70 percent in 1967.” What’s
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Has the feminist narrative spread so far that it’s actually hurting women and causing them to revert to being fragile creatures? That’s a question pondered by Dr. Joanna Williams in a new book entitled Women vs. Feminism: Why We All Need Liberating from the Gender Wars. Speaking to the Telegraph about the publication, Williams notes
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Me, too. That phrase has floated around social media all week, a trend started in response to the recent sexual assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The premise is simple, if not oversimplified: Shift the focus away from predators and onto the victims. Tens of thousands of women—and men—have shared their stories of rape,
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In a restaurant in Cannon Beach, Oregon, one will find on the wall an excerpt from a 1950s-era “high school home economics textbook” that offers readers several tips on how to be a good wife. They consist of the following: 1) Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal
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