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The Strange Rules of “Check Your Privilege”

It is tempting to think that our culture is becoming less and less a place where the principles of reason are valued, especially in areas where they should be.

As evidence of this, I recently came across an article by a university professor entitled, “I’m a Mom And A Vaccine Researcher. Here’s Why You Should Vaccinate Your Children.” I’m always keen to read a good argument, especially if it is one that I have not heard before, so I read the article.

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Beyond Consent

In the recent conversations surrounding sexual harassment and sexual assault, there’s one word I’ve noticed keep coming up: consent. Now I’m glad that culturally we haven’t completely lost our moral compass. And there are some things we universally condemn as wrong. But I think what the conversation has demonstrated is that our moral thinking has become so thin and we’ve drifted so far away from any language of goodness that we simply don’t know how to talk about ethics in robust and coherent ways. And so we’re left to reducing our language surrounding sexual ethics to some thing like consent. To be clear, a person should not act in ways sexually involving another person that violates his or her will. The ethics of sexual practice is not less than that. But it is more than that. To put in philosophical terms, Consent is a necessary condition, but not a sufficient condition. A daughter could consent to sleeping with her father. A man could consent to be tortured and killed by another man.  I’m glad that these conversations have been shedding light on what evils have… Read More »Beyond Consent

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Theological Hipster Bullies

It seems like we never really grow out of high school social structures. And even theology nerds can grow up to become the new bullies on the block.

When I browse around certain theological circles, particularly on the internet, I’ve discovered a strange hipstery attitude that accompanies with it an intellectual snobbery that borders on bullying.

Here’s what I mean.

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Why Not Become Eastern Orthodox?

For some time now, I have found myself comfortable within the Anglican tradition, but I have still thought of myself (rightly or wrongly) as an Anglican with some Eastern Orthodox tendencies. And I have to confess that I have questioned and wrestled over whether or not the Eastern Orthodox church is the way to go. I’ve had wonderful professors who I possess great respect for from that tradition as well as friends and family who have joined the Orthodox church.

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