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James K. A. Smith and the Pentecostal World View

  • Religion
November 30, 2015July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Is there such a thing as a ‘Pentecostal philosophy’?  James K. A. Smith says there is.  They don’t necessarily talk about it in ways we are accustomed to, but he says they have one.  And here are its major elements […]

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Hasn’t it Always Been Babylon?

  • Religion
November 15, 2014December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Rod Dreher, one of our favorites on this site, has written a column called “From Israel to Babylon” of which the sources are largely drawn from the Southern Baptists.  The younger Southern Baptists expect to be a religious minority, which, […]

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Sympathy versus Empathy

  • Miscellaneous
September 9, 2014July 15, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I think I have finally figured out the distinction between ‘sympathy’ and ’empathy’, and why we have two words. ‘Sympathy’ is a much older word, and has been in use for centuries; ’empathy’ is a fairly new one, becoming fashionable […]

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Am I an Occasionalist? Christian Philosophy Critiques Intelligent Design

  • Religion
March 12, 2014July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

First Things is a magazine I like and find interesting.  Just recently they have come out with a criticism of Intelligent Design by philosopher-scientist Stephen Meredith of the University of Chicago.  He charges that Intelligent Design assumes the philosophy of […]

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Why I am not a Communitarian

  • Politics
November 26, 2012January 4, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

A philosophy called ‘communitarianism’ has often been proposed recently as an alternative to the growing libertarianism of our time.  This philosophy, they say, can combine social conservatism and economic moderation, as well as potentially reviving an emphasis on the local […]

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The Political Meaning of ‘God’

  • Religion
May 12, 2011December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I have never been a great advocate of ‘prayer in public schools’ except for voluntary Bible clubs and things of that sort. I was, in fact, going to a public school in 1962, when the decision was handed down, and […]

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New World Order

  • Economics,
  • Politics
June 26, 2010July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

A sample of the new pessimism that transcends typical categories of right and left. Is Chinese fascism our future? In Response To: “New World Order” by Patrick J. Deneen at Front Porch Republic

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