Tag: Bulwarks of Unbelief
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Rejecting Isolation
Despite increasing urbanization in the modern world, society is more isolated than ever. In my own country of residence (Japan), the statistics are disheartening. Government estimates indicate over one million hikikomori, a Japanese word which refers to social recluses who very rarely have contact with other humans face-to-face. Meanwhile, more elderly people are dying alone…
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The Heritage-Consuming World Of Modernity
Nietzsche famously proclaimed (or more accurately, prophesied) the death of God, and while Christians would contend that such news has been greatly exaggerated (to quote Mark Twain), most would agree that society is following Nietzsche’s prophecy in practice. Modern society certainly seems to be functioning as if God is absent. We typically see this as…
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Joseph Minich On Generous Hospitality
“Particularly difficult in our own context, is the commitment to a generous hospitality – a difficult-to-achieve lifestyle that leaves space for others to interfere and that contains the boldness to interfere in the lives of others. These sorts of encounters are artificially replaced in our era by work relationships, social media, and so on. But…