THINGS COMING APART?
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
The Fragility of Order: Catholic Reflections on Turbulent Times
On the edge of the third decade of the twenty-first century and the third millennium, William Butler Yeats’ premonition of things coming unraveled seems increasingly prescient—in the world, in the American republic, and in the Church. Order, it has become clear, is a very fragile thing; and order is especially vulnerable under the cultural conditions of a postmodern world unsure about its grasp on the truth of anything.
This piece is an excerpt from Mr. Weigel’s new book, The Fragility of Order: Catholic Reflections on Turbulent Times, in which he brings thirty-five years of experience in Washington and Rome to bear in analyzing the turbulence that characterizes world politics, American public life, and the Catholic Church in the early twenty-first century.
(See also Mr. Weigel’s latest column examining the consequences of Ireland’s May 25 referendum that opened a path to legal abortion in the Emerald Isle by striking down a pro-life amendment to the Irish Constitution.)
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
The Fragility of Order: Catholic Reflections on Turbulent Times
On the edge of the third decade of the twenty-first century and the third millennium, William Butler Yeats’ premonition of things coming unraveled seems increasingly prescient—in the world, in the American republic, and in the Church. Order, it has become clear, is a very fragile thing; and order is especially vulnerable under the cultural conditions of a postmodern world unsure about its grasp on the truth of anything.
This piece is an excerpt from Mr. Weigel’s new book, The Fragility of Order: Catholic Reflections on Turbulent Times, in which he brings thirty-five years of experience in Washington and Rome to bear in analyzing the turbulence that characterizes world politics, American public life, and the Catholic Church in the early twenty-first century.
(See also Mr. Weigel’s latest column examining the consequences of Ireland’s May 25 referendum that opened a path to legal abortion in the Emerald Isle by striking down a pro-life amendment to the Irish Constitution.)
KANT VS. CANT: HOW LIBERALS LOST THEIR WAY
By EPPC Senior Fellow Roger Scruton
Spectator (UK)
We belong together, liberalism tells us, because we ourselves create the law that governs us, with the aim of freeing and protecting us all. But today’s liberals identify with oppositional causes, even if — especially if — it is our tradition of liberal government that is the target. Read More
By EPPC Senior Fellow Roger Scruton
Spectator (UK)
We belong together, liberalism tells us, because we ourselves create the law that governs us, with the aim of freeing and protecting us all. But today’s liberals identify with oppositional causes, even if — especially if — it is our tradition of liberal government that is the target. Read More
CRAVING APPROVAL ISN’T EVANGELIZATION
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
Toadying to the talking heads of postmodern intellectual confusion and to the tastemakers of decadent postmodern culture is not the way to be the Church of the New Evangelization, or the “Church permanently in mission” that Pope Francis calls us to be. It’s the way to become a laughingstock, en route to the boneyard of irrelevance. Read More
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
Toadying to the talking heads of postmodern intellectual confusion and to the tastemakers of decadent postmodern culture is not the way to be the Church of the New Evangelization, or the “Church permanently in mission” that Pope Francis calls us to be. It’s the way to become a laughingstock, en route to the boneyard of irrelevance. Read More
INTERVIEW: GOD & I: GEORGE WEIGEL
Messenger of Saint Anthony
In this interview with an Italian magazine, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel discusses his faith, his friendship with Pope John Paul II, and the state of the Church today. Read More
Messenger of Saint Anthony
In this interview with an Italian magazine, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel discusses his faith, his friendship with Pope John Paul II, and the state of the Church today. Read More
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