By Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton, Ph. D.  “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven … A time to be silent and a time to speak….”1 Wisdom calls us to know what time it is. Is now a time to be silent or a time to speak in the public sphere? How…

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By Dr. Owen Anderson Previously we considered the foundation in the Declaration of Independence.  We saw that there are truths we hold to that form the basis for the rest of our life together.  In that document, this includes the idea that we are created by God.  This time we will compare this starting point…

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Gregory Malloy In discussions on the role of religion in politics and public life it is not uncommon to hear the idea that one ought not force one’s view on another person or groups of people. In fact, this view is at the heart of many politicians’ views on controversial issues such as abortion and…

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The Westminster Confession and the Epistemic Turn Arturo Gastelum In the history of ideas, not all differences are of equal importance. Differences can be categorized within the three areas of philosophy: epistemology—how do I know?, metaphysics—what is real? and ethics—what ought I to do? Differences at the level of epistemology play a foundational role in…

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Social Justice is not Socialist Justice   Dr. Kelly Burton   All humans are born with a sense of justice. In justice, equals are to be treated equally. Human beings are equally rational animals. We are equal as human beings. Yet we are different in so many other ways. We have different gender preferences, races…

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  We Need A Foundation   About the Author   Owen Anderson is a professor of philosophy and religious studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of eight books including The Declaration of Independence and God with Cambridge University Press.   The Declaration of Independence as Foundation   We did not get the…

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Skepticism in the Postmodern Academy Greg Goodrich   The Virtue of Postmodernism Current divisions within American culture emphasize ongoing racial and political tensions. These tensions can be quite discouraging, but there is reason to hope. These tensions are merely symptoms of more basic disagreements about what is real and good.  If the knowledge sufficient to…

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On the Virtue of Thinking You’re Right Gregory Malloy   It does not seem too far of a stretch to say that the cardinal sin of our day is epistemological confidence.  To believe that one is correct in his beliefs and others are wrong is cited as the root of many evils including bigotry, intolerance,…

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Dr. Kelly Burton   In an effort to understand the times, I have been spending my semester break reading through a stack of recent books on contemporary cultural concerns often going by the terms Critical Theory, Social Justice, or Progressivism. I favor using the term Progressivism because it captures the Marxist view of the progress…

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