Tag Archives: secular society

Speaking of Leithart and Language

By D. G. Hart | Published: January 20, 2012
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Actually, it is Peter Leithart offering up some Habermas with some Peter Gordon thrown in. The post concerns the burden that secular societies place upon religious citizens. Leithart quotes Habermas on the burdens that modern societies, in trying to bracket religious convictions, place upon both believers and secularists: Religious citizens who regard themselves as loyal… Read More→

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Whither Muslims In Doug Wilson’s American Christendom?

By D. G. Hart | Published: August 20, 2010

The Kuyper of Idaho (you know, pastor, college founder, magazine editor, culture warrior – so far, no prime ministry) has spoken on the proposed mosque in New York City near Ground Zero. As complicated as the issue is, because of the delicate balance between legal freedoms and democratic politeness, Wilson has used the occasion to… Read More→

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Should a Reformed Christian Receive Treatment at a Roman Catholic Hospital?

By D. G. Hart | Published: December 10, 2009

After a visit to my father at his local hospital, I had a worldview moment. What should have alerted me from the outset was the name of the place – St. Mary’s. But then I noticed that the spiritual services wing of the hospital had dropped off for him a brochure about their activities which… Read More→

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