What Charles Coulombe invites us all to imagine in his excellent biography of Emperor Charles of Austria is Western civilization – or better yet, Christendom, writes Jerry Salyer. https://t.co/FsM9zaROkI
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Showing posts with label Jerry Salyer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jerry Salyer. Show all posts
Monday, May 24, 2021
Jerry Salyer Reviews Coulombe's Biography of Emperor Charles
Friday, August 28, 2020
Jerry Salyer Reviews The Vanishing Tradition
CWR: New book ponders the continuity (and conservatism) of today’s conservative movement
A Review of The Vanishing Tradition, edited by Paul Gottfried.
Cornell University Press
A Review of The Vanishing Tradition, edited by Paul Gottfried.
Cornell University Press
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Jerry Salyer on the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
CWR Dispatch: “Blotted out boundaries”: On the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
It is not horrifying that imperfect men should make wrong choices under the extraordinary pressures of a world war; it is reprehensible that so many would still dismiss the spiritual issues at stake with flippant sophistry.
It is not horrifying that imperfect men should make wrong choices under the extraordinary pressures of a world war; it is reprehensible that so many would still dismiss the spiritual issues at stake with flippant sophistry.
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Jerry Salyer reviews Walk Away: When the Political Left Turns Right
Some interesting biographical notes on James Burnham.
CWR Dispatch: When Marxists make Right
While Walk Away: When the Political Left Turns Right focuses specifically upon those who for one reason or another became disillusioned with the establishment left over the course of the Cold War, it is surely relevant for our own time.
Lexington Books: Walk Away: When the Political Left Turns Right edited by Lee Trepanier and Grant Havers
CWR Dispatch: When Marxists make Right
While Walk Away: When the Political Left Turns Right focuses specifically upon those who for one reason or another became disillusioned with the establishment left over the course of the Cold War, it is surely relevant for our own time.
Lexington Books: Walk Away: When the Political Left Turns Right edited by Lee Trepanier and Grant Havers
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Latin...
Latin: Living Language, Ancient Rite by Jerry Salyer
If we seek a restoration, it is necessary to promote a renewed appreciation of the ancient liturgy and a revival of Latin-centered education.
Was the rise of nation-states in Europe a problem? Yes. But was the second millenium papacy a solution to that problem? Or an ecclesial monoculture? Could the Germanic tribes have developed a different culture and received their own patriarchate(s) in due time? What could the Church have done to preserve the independence of European polities in the face of nationalism and centralization of power?
If we seek a restoration, it is necessary to promote a renewed appreciation of the ancient liturgy and a revival of Latin-centered education.
For his part, Professor Owens emphasizes that Catholics seeking an explanation for how and why we have moved so far away from this state of affairs should resist the temptation to hastily scapegoat the councilors of Vatican II, as the rise of the modern, centralized nation-state played a role by displacing Latin in favor of national languages. A vicious cycle ensued, for as fewer teachers were able to teach Latin well, fewer teachers were able to, well, teach Latin well.
Was the rise of nation-states in Europe a problem? Yes. But was the second millenium papacy a solution to that problem? Or an ecclesial monoculture? Could the Germanic tribes have developed a different culture and received their own patriarchate(s) in due time? What could the Church have done to preserve the independence of European polities in the face of nationalism and centralization of power?
Saturday, August 03, 2019
Why Roman Catholics Should Care
about the cultural Marxist on Southern history and identity. Then again maybe they'd rather profess their allegiance to the state, rather than to a particular American people.
Boyd Cathey’s “The Land We Love” as an Admonition to My Co-Religionists by By Jerry Salyer
Boyd Cathey’s “The Land We Love” as an Admonition to My Co-Religionists by By Jerry Salyer
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Why Bother With the Classics?
CWR Dispatch: “Yours Is The Wisdom”: Pagans, Doctors, and Fathers by Jerry Salyer
To ask why Christian students should bother reading Cicero when they have Saint Augustine is a little like asking why babies should bother learning to talk when they could be learning to sing.
To ask why Christian students should bother reading Cicero when they have Saint Augustine is a little like asking why babies should bother learning to talk when they could be learning to sing.
Wednesday, December 05, 2018
Jordan Peterson Hasn't Fallen Out of Favor Among Conservatives Yet
Crisis: Peterson and Solzhenitsyn Speak Truth to Power BY JERRY D. SALYER
It is not hard to see why Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose 100th birthday will be celebrated on December 11, would be such a compelling figure for Jordan Peterson, the Jungian psychologist who [...]
Vox Day: Ruh-roh
It is not hard to see why Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose 100th birthday will be celebrated on December 11, would be such a compelling figure for Jordan Peterson, the Jungian psychologist who [...]
Vox Day: Ruh-roh
Tuesday, November 06, 2018
Jerry Salyer on VDH
A Neoconservative Wakes Up by Jerry Salyer
Pro-Southern writers have long been suspicious of Victor Davis Hanson, given his association with the neoconservative ascendance of the Bush II era. Yet unlike most of his former colleagues, the California classicist seems to have… »
Pro-Southern writers have long been suspicious of Victor Davis Hanson, given his association with the neoconservative ascendance of the Bush II era. Yet unlike most of his former colleagues, the California classicist seems to have… »
Monday, October 08, 2018
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Populist Communitarian
Crisis: Christopher Lasch: One of Bannon’s Favorite Authors by Jerry D. Salyer
Monday, May 22, 2017
Friday, May 19, 2017
Monday, April 03, 2017
Jerry Salyer on Anthony Esolen's New Book
CWR: Patriotism, Piety, and Anthony Esolen's Out of the Ashes by Jerry Salyer
Simply put, when it comes to the nature of patriotism, Professor Esolen and George W. Bush cannot both be right.
Simply put, when it comes to the nature of patriotism, Professor Esolen and George W. Bush cannot both be right.
Saturday, February 04, 2017
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
CWR Blog: Is Patriotism a Virtue? by Jerry Salyer
The fact that so few public figures openly challenge the value of patriotism indicates not a genuine consensus in favor of patriotism, but only that few public figures have given much thought to what patriotism actually is.
The fact that so few public figures openly challenge the value of patriotism indicates not a genuine consensus in favor of patriotism, but only that few public figures have given much thought to what patriotism actually is.
Thursday, January 08, 2015
Jerry Sayler Reviews "The Race to Save Our Century: Five Core Principles to Promote Peace, Freedom, and a Culture Of Life"
Rethinking the American Experiment (via Insight Scoop)
John Zmirak is one of the authors of the book -- he also wrote this essay: The Myth of Catholic Social Teaching
Even CST must be judged as to under which part of the ordinary Magisterium various pronouncements fall. The Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine recognizes that CST is a product of moral theology. However, Zmirak may go too far in his critique -- slavery which is a punishment may not be unjust or intrinsically evil. There probably has been a change on teaching on the charging of interest for certain loans, to the detriment of society. As for religious liberty - I do not think his interpretation of Dignitatis Humanae as a rupture with previous papal prenouncements is the only tenable one. Finally, the infliction of pain as a punishment is different in its moral species from its use to coerce the revealing of information or the confession of guilt. The latter, as a means of coercion, is unjust, unless it has the character of punishment (for disobeying a lawful command to reveal information), but even that justification of the use of torture is problematic when one considers due process and procedural justice.
Zmirak has shifted in his views over time and the essay reflects this shift.
John Zmirak is one of the authors of the book -- he also wrote this essay: The Myth of Catholic Social Teaching
Even CST must be judged as to under which part of the ordinary Magisterium various pronouncements fall. The Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine recognizes that CST is a product of moral theology. However, Zmirak may go too far in his critique -- slavery which is a punishment may not be unjust or intrinsically evil. There probably has been a change on teaching on the charging of interest for certain loans, to the detriment of society. As for religious liberty - I do not think his interpretation of Dignitatis Humanae as a rupture with previous papal prenouncements is the only tenable one. Finally, the infliction of pain as a punishment is different in its moral species from its use to coerce the revealing of information or the confession of guilt. The latter, as a means of coercion, is unjust, unless it has the character of punishment (for disobeying a lawful command to reveal information), but even that justification of the use of torture is problematic when one considers due process and procedural justice.
Zmirak has shifted in his views over time and the essay reflects this shift.
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