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The Problem is in the Genes: Considering the Genetic Fallacy in Public Discourse
Of all the things that our educational institutions can be criticized for, the one thing that bothers me more than perhaps any other is their failure to teach the habits of good reasoning. This includes, of course, formal and informal logic and concepts like deduction, induction, and abduction. Also included is the ability to recognize […]
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All Politics Are Religious
A former Speaker of the House and congressman from Massachusetts, Tip O’Neill, is known for, among other things, coining the phrase, “all politics is local.” As a writer for FiveThirtyEight points out, this isn’t really the case, at least not all the time. However, the underlying principle of what O’Neill was saying is probably true: […]
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How I Got Here
The story of how I came to occupy the intellectual space that I do is–to be honest–bizarre. Of course, the story of how Joseph came to be the viceroy of Egypt is bizarre, too. It begins with a spoiled teenager who’s sold into slavery, which leads to hard work, prison, female-on-male sexual aggression, familial conflict, […]
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Introduction
The greatest threat to the Christian Church–its mission, the unity of its members on which that mission relies, and its public existence through which that mission is accomplished–is the contemporary socio-political establishment.
Gods, Governments, and Grace 