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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Justifying Violence for Ideological Reasons
The sucker-punching of Richard Spencer, the alt-right leader and white nationalist, while speaking on camera, has sparked a lot of comment in various quarters. The question of whether it is justifiable to employ violence against such individuals has received a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Politics, Society
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Links Post 21/01/2017
Some links from the past week. John Milbank: What Liberal Intellectuals Get Wrong About Transgenderism So two controversial points about transgenderism follow from this. First, that we are not talking here about simply the discovery of “another” minority condition that … Continue reading
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Protestant Wisdom Summer Programs
Over the summer, I will be leading two courses on Christian wisdom run by the Davenant Trust. The Davenant House Protestant Wisdom Summer Programs are designed to help train Christian undergraduates, grad students, and seminarians in Christian wisdom so that … Continue reading
Posted in Theological, What I'm Doing
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Questions Wanted!
For our hundredth episode of Mere Fidelity, which we will be recording tomorrow, we will be answering a selection of questions from listeners. If you would like us to answer a particular question or speak to a particular issue, leave … Continue reading
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Podcast: Humble Roots, with Hannah Anderson
For our first Mere Fidelity episode of 2017 and our 99th episode in total, Matt, Derek, and I are joined by our friend Hannah Anderson for a discussion of her new book, Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your … Continue reading
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Links Post 14/01/2017
Links from the past week. Matt Lee Anderson recently reminded me of this sobering quotation from T.S. Eliot on Liberalism: That liberalism may be a tendency towards something very different from itself, is a possibility in its nature. For it … Continue reading
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Interview on Smartphones, the Internet, and How They Are Changing Us
Last year, Tony Reinke interviewed me while working on his forthcoming book, which reflects on the subject of the smartphone and the wise use of it from a Christian perspective. The first half of the interview was published on Desiring God … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Experience, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, Society
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Links Post 7/01/2017
Some links from the past week. Great stuff from Sarah Perry again. Tendrils of Mess in Our Brains: So here is a mystery: why are tableaux that are apparently more orderly (in the sense of compressibility in the data required … Continue reading
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Links Post 31/12/2016
Some interesting links I’ve encountered over the last few days, along with a few links to things I’ve written elsewhere. Carl Raschke on why The New Global Populism May Not Be What Everyone Seems to Imagine: Populism, which has become … Continue reading
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Retrospective on 2016
I enjoyed a wonderful and refreshing Christmas with my family and other friends this year. The last few days have been packed with lots of good food, renewed fellowship, board games, and country walks. I got to watch Rogue One … Continue reading
Posted in Just for Fun, My Doings, Photos
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Alastair's Adversaria 