Monthly Archives: February 2017

Lent 2017

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

As is my usual Lenten practice, I will be paring down my use of online media to a minimum over the next few weeks. I won’t be commenting or posting links (either here or on my Twitter links account), won’t … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Premature Rule

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

I’ve just posted over on the Political Theology Today blog, on the subject of the Fall as a story of premature rule: The example of the adam and his wife should be a cautionary one for us, encouraging us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Ethics, Genesis, Guest Post, OT, Politics, Theological | 6 Comments

Links Post 25/02/17

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

Links from the last week. This will be the last such post for a while, as I won’t be posting any over Lent. Putting Work in Its Place. An immensely stimulating discussion of the current problems with work in the … Continue reading →

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Freeing Speech: Free Speech, Milo, and the University

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

A few weeks ago, before more recent events, I wrote an article on the subject of the current struggle for free speech, which has just been published over on Mere Orthodoxy. Within it I argue that the focus of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, In the News, Politics, Society | 8 Comments

Difficult Straits—Milo Yiannopoulos, SJWs, and the Treacherous Passage into Adulthood

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

The following are some quickly assembled and loosely joined together thoughts on the recent (temporary?) fall of Milo Yiannopoulos and some of the responses. Provocation and Hypocrisy A few days ago, recordings of Milo Yiannopoulos joking about and suggesting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Ethics, In the News, Sex and Sexuality, Society | 16 Comments

Podcast: The Fractured Republic, with Yuval Levin

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

  On this week’s episode of Mere Fidelity, Derek, Matt, Andrew, and I are joined by a very special guest, Yuval Levin. We discuss some of the issues raised in his superb new book, The Fractured Republic, and his vision for a healthy … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Economics, Podcasts, Politics, Society, What I'm Reading | 4 Comments

Links Post 18/02/17

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

Links from the last week.   ‘The Great Shame of Our Profession’. Brilliantly scathing piece on an immensely important issue: You have asked me to speak to you today about literary criticism, and so we might note that the conditions … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Reviving the Worship Wars

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

On this week’s episode of Mere Fidelity, Derek, Matt, Andrew, and I discuss the place that music and song have within our worship as the Church. We explore the divisive character of music in the Church, its proper telos, and how we … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Liturgical Theology, Music, Podcasts, Theological, Worship | 7 Comments

Links Post 11/02/17

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

Links from the last week. The question of America’s identity has obviously been a live one over the last few months. David Brooks writes: In that story, America is placed at the vanguard of the great human march of progress. … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Silence, with Brett McCracken

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

On this week’s episode of Mere Fidelity, Matt and I are joined by Brett McCracken for a discussion of Martin Scorsese’s new film, Silence, which Brett reviewed for Christianity Today.  The film, an adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s famous novel of … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Christian Experience, Church History, Culture, Ethics, In the News, Podcasts, Theological, What I'm Watching | 1 Comment