Family and Secularization
Christian scholar Mary Eberstadt has a new book entitled How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization. From the editorial description at Amazon: In this magisterial work, leading...
View ArticleSocial mobility requires social capital
You know the American Dream, that in this country if people work hard and grab their opportunities they can pull themselves up by their own bootstraps and find material success? Or, put another way,...
View ArticleWhy the family & the church are prior to the state
In the context of a discussion of the movie The Wolf of Wall Street, Dr. Jack Kilcrease discusses Luther’s concept of the “Orders of Creation” (in each of which we have vocations). God established...
View ArticleHaving a loving family as an unfair advantage
The evidence is overwhelming that growing up in an intact, two-parent loving family confers huge advantages on children as they grow up. The normal response has been to encourage strong families...
View ArticleMemory Day
Memorial Day should include memories. The holiday was established specifically to remember those who died defending their country. In some parts of the country, that observance has broadened to...
View ArticleHow Shrinking and Broken Families Give Us Identity Politics
Mary Eberstadt, one of our most perceptive cultural analysts, shows how weakened family connections have resulted in children growing up without a sense of identity, which, in turn, has given us...
View ArticleGood News and Bad News on the Family
The divorce rate has dropped dramatically since its high point in the 1980s and, particularly, since the "Great Recession" of 2008. But so has the marriage rate of the middle class.
View ArticleThe Dwindling Nuclear Family
What is the percentage of American households that consist of a married couple with children? Make a guess. Click "read more" to find the answer.
View ArticleWeddings as the End vs. Weddings as the Beginning
Traditionally, says Michael Warren Davis, weddings were seen as a beginning, the start of a new family. That was reflected in everything from the wedding gifts, designed to start a household, to the...
View ArticleThe High Tech Pronatalists
We used to be told that overpopulation will destroy civilization. Now that we are seeing dramatic plunges in birthrates, the new fear is that a collapse in the population will destroy civilization....
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