Culture

Rethinking the Burning Question of Cremation 0
- Culture
- December 15, 2017
It has been pointed out that death is now the taboo which sex once was. While having become numb to the latter, to the former we have become utterly prudish. The increasingly widespread practice of cremating the dead is good evidence in favour of this thesis. Our acceptance of cremation reveals that we no longer
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Red and Green Colors ‘Not Appropriate’ During the Holiday Season, University Says 0
- Culture
- December 14, 2017
University of Minnesota officials recently distributed documents to employees and student-workers advising them to keep “inappropriate religious celebrations” out of public spaces. The document, titled “Religious Diversity and the Holidays,” encouraged recipients “to recognize the holidays in ways that are respectful of the diversity of the University community.” It listed several specific examples of “religious
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Did Christians Destroy the Classical World?0
- Culture
- December 14, 2017
The Darkening Age: the Christian Destruction of the Classical World Catherine Nixey London 2017 ISBN 978-1-5098-1232-5 The reviewer who happens to be a Christian believer might well approach this book with trepidation. As if the title doesn’t say it all, the wrapper blurb describes the Christian faith as ‘violent, ruthless and intolerant’, and historian Michael
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Rest and Quiet Contemplation: We Need More 0
- Culture
- December 12, 2017
At meetings, conferences, receptions, and even during casual conversations I’m inevitably asked if I saw so-and-so on the stir-the-pot talk show last night or if I listened to talking-head-Bob this afternoon on his critique-everything radio show. Inevitably, my answer is, “No.” The same sorts of questions arise when it comes to the latest release of talking-head-Jane’s
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Harvard Students Explain 3 Ways Homeschooling Helped Them Succeed 0
- Culture
- December 12, 2017
If one was to name a leading institution of higher education in America, Harvard University would definitely be one of the first to come to mind. After all, anyone with the name Harvard on his resume is practically guaranteed an open door to all kinds of profitable careers. The trick, then, is to get into
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Hanukkah is About Jewish Survival 0
- Culture
- December 12, 2017
Beginning on the evening of Dec. 12, Jews will celebrate the eight-day festival of Hanukkah, perhaps the best-known and certainly the most visible Jewish holiday. While critics sometimes identify Christmas as promoting the prevalence in America today of what one might refer to as Hanukkah kitsch, this assessment misses the social and theological significance of
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