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The Paradox of Wars and Culture Wars
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For the past thirty or more years, Americans have been embroiled in a seemingly endless conflict called the “culture wars.” The phrase was made famous by University of Virginia sociologist James Davison Hunter, and...
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David D. Corey
The Rhythm of Popular Music: Primitivist Slumming in a Machine Age?
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One of the most widely read essays we have published was Kurt Poterack’s “A People without Melody,” which explored the decline of melody in popular music. Prompted...
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Kurt Poterack
Illegal Immigration: A Legal and Moral Analysis
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Although immigration policy often seems one of the most divisive issues in American politics, a new consensus may be emerging. American voters now overwhelmingly support granting legal status to illegal immigrants. A September 2017 Fox News poll...
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Rev. Stephen F. McGraw
& Rev. Donald J. Planty, Jr.
The Supernatural Foundation of Charity
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Modern advocates for social justice sometimes fear that prioritizing traditional practices of almsgiving can undercut more substantial and far-reaching projects to construct a just society in which the need for alms would disappear. Though...
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Gary A. Anderson
Saudi Arabia, Salafism, and U.S. Foreign Policy
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When the April 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and a group of nations including the United States was concluded, the Obama administration scrambled to assure Saudi Arabia (Iran’s rival in the Middle East) of American friendship....
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Gabriel Said Reynolds
The Christian Understanding of the Human Person
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With the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes, the Second Vatican Council formulated the “Magna Carta” for integral human development. The Church sees herself as a part of...
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Gerhard Cardinal Müller

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