Category Archives: Society

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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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

President Trump’s Executive Order and the Moral Confusion of the Immigration Debate

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

The following are a few thoughts on President Trump’s recent executive order and the response to it. 1. We should never forget that the president is a reality TV star. Television and, more recently, the Internet are the media that … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, In the News, Politics, Society, Theological | 42 Comments

The Failing Dam of Liberal Society

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

The Mosul Dam is failing. While the structure of the dam itself is robust, it is built upon a poor foundation of soluble rock. In order to prevent this foundation from giving way, workers at the dam continuously have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Ethics, In the News, Politics, Society | 15 Comments

Justifying Violence for Ideological Reasons

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

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 | 44 Comments

Interview on Smartphones, the Internet, and How They Are Changing Us

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

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 | 6 Comments

The Politics of Cosmic Praise

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

I’ve just posted a reflection on Psalm 148 over on the Political Theology Today blog. The unifying telos of the entire cosmic, animate creatures and inanimate bodies alike, is the worship of YHWH. Where William Paley imagined the world as … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Tim Keller, ‘Making Sense of God’

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

This week, the full cast of Mere Fidelity was joined by Tim Keller for a discussion of his superb new book, Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical. You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Christian Experience, Church History, Culture, Ethics, Podcasts, Politics, Society, Theological | 10 Comments