Christianity

The Concern for Beauty in the South

04.02.2020

In the last essay, we spoke only briefly about the Southern commitment to beauty, which is in contradistinction to the general American culture of ugliness. This commitment was not one of the abstract and theoretical kind, however. It manifest

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Public Announcement of Episcopal Council of Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro

30.12.2019

In the Public Announcement of Episcopal Council of Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro from December 29th 2019 year of the Lord, the reasons for urgent resolving the problems and stopping administrative violence and godless behaviour of the in

The Revolution of the Gnostic Self

15.10.2019

Ovidiu Hurduzeu

There is an ongoing battle for the body and soul of the coming world order. This battle is fought on many fronts: political, social, cultural, religious.

The Need for Classes in Society

11.10.2019

Walt Garlington

We have spoken before about the ideal of Yankee America that all people be at least of middle-class status. We did not delve too deeply into the reasons why this is a bad idea at the time, but we will do so now. One of the chief arguments agai

Magna Carta: The Nadir of Politics

Pitirim Sorokin

24.06.2019

Walt Garlington

The sociologist Pitirim Sorokin (1889-1968) achieved well-deserved acclaim for his grand overview of world history and culture in his four-volume work Social and Cultural Dynamics. It is Prof Sorokin’s argument there and in other similar works

American Gnosticism

29.05.2019

Walt Garlington

Protestantism was and remains at the center of life in the States, and this means that Gnosticism is also central there, for Protestantism is Gnostic at its core. The Orthodox priest Father Andrew Stephen Damick writes,

Rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral and Western Culture

01.05.2019

Walt Garlington

The mourning for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris began even as the flames were burning. The reaction of Mr Rod Dreher is representative of what many in the West are thinking and feeling about this event:

‘In Heaven, There Is a Kingdom; in Hell There Is Democracy.’

24.04.2019

Walt Garlington

These are the inspired words of a holy Orthodox priest who reposed in Russia in 1908, St John of Kronstadt. In them, one will find a general rule for politics: Monarchy is the best form of government for mankind, while democratic forms are the