The Aquinas Option
It is held today that America has entered a “post-Christian culture.” Theologically orthodox Christians are told that their vision of life and doctrine—a vision widely affirmed over two thousand years of Western history—no longer will be undergirded and promulgated by the increasingly secular social structures and cultural forces in our nation. Therefore, the argument goes, […]
Continue readingFTNCI 002: Against Fideism
We look at what fideism (faith-ism) is, and we look at the danger it poses to a rational Christian worldview. Main topics include: What is fideism, exactly? Why does it matter? How is fideism affecting churches? What is the scriptural answer to fideism? About the Podcast For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created […]
Continue readingWhy Christians Should Reconsider Ayn Rand
Everyone loves to hate Ayn Rand—even, and sometimes especially, Christians. She’s the Left’s favorite bogeywoman, invoked as the dark goddess of capitalism—causing conservatives everywhere to run in terror, begging not to be associated with the “Guru of Greed.” Notice that Paul Ryan is still being pilloried for daring to appreciate Ayn Rand, even after distancing […]
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