The contemporary conflict within American culture between the Left and the Right has been increasing in intensity and divisiveness since the election of Donald Trump in 2016. This division is seen in many dimensions: the news media, academia, politics, entertainment media, and even within religious institutions. In general, the conflict can be understood as . . . → Read More: The Long Red Threads of the Democrat Party
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In the lexicon of the Left in recent times, a new end-of-conversation epithet has begun to rival the traditional big-four terms of “racist”, “misogynist”, “homophobic”, and “Islamophobic”: it is “Fascist”. If one expresses opposition to any tenet of Progressivism or Postmodern neo-Marxism, or espouses alternative points of view, this is the label de jour. And . . . → Read More: Who Are the Fascists? One of the earliest memories of my first year in grad school at Princeton was a comment a speaker made about computer modeling: “With enough adjustable parameters, you can draw an elephant.” I guess my view of the AGW phenomena is informed by that image. I’m thinking that there are three possible explanations for the . . . → Read More: Drawing Elephants and Ideology – The AGW Phenomena Given in the following are links to a series of events during early 2017 featuring University of Toronto Psychology Professor Jordan Peterson. Dr. Peterson achieved international notoriety during the Fall of 2016, when he publicly stated his refusal to use desired pronouns for non-cis transgender people. A large controversy erupted, ultimately focusing on neo-Marxism, postmodernism, . . . → Read More: Jordan Peterson on neo-Marxism, Postmodernism and Free Speech – Early 2017 Freedom of speech has become controversial in Canada in recent months, and in the ongoing furor, some important issues have been raised that are foundational to the survival of the West. At the center of much of this turmoil is University of Toronto Psychology Professor Jordan Peterson. In late September he posted a several videos . . . → Read More: Free Speech in Canada and the Survival of the West This is the second essay in a series dealing with the ideological source of contemporary progressivism, and the implications for evangelicals. In Part 1, the correlation was examined between political correctness and Cultural Marxism, and some source documentation was reviewed. For example, here’s an additional comment from Cultural Marxist co-founder Antonio Gramsci: “…he needed to . . . → Read More: Sourcing Evangelical Progressivism — Part 2 — Racial Issues Cultural and political ideologies have historical records which can be traced back to origins. For evangelical Christians, the origins as well as contemporary manifestations of these ideologies can be examined relative to adherence to or divergence from the Biblical record. The term “progressive” refers to the current operating ideology of the Democrat party. Following WWII, . . . → Read More: Sourcing Evangelical Progressivism Note: Items in black bold and black bold underscore are Steele’s words, emphasized by me. All items in italics are my comments. Steele used neither bold black nor bold black underscore, except the “Chapter 1: The Great Divide” immediately below. Excerpted with permission from Shame: How America’s Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country, by Shelby . . . → Read More: Annotation of Chapter 1 of Shelby Steele’s — “Shame” Subsequent to the release of the St. Louis County grand jury report the Monday before Thanksgiving 2014 which exonerated officer Darren Wilson from any criminal intent in the shooting death of the “Gentle Giant” Michael Brown, there were widespread and in many cases well-planned “spontaneous” demonstrations around the country. Consider my eye-witness account from the . . . → Read More: “Black Lives Matter” is Quintessential Alinsky/Marxism Over the past number of years, in conversation with friends and acquaintances involved in Christian Higher Education, the words “fundamentalism” or “fundamentalist” are often expressed, generally with disapproval. These labels seem to be applied in a variety of discussions: theological, scientific, and political. Based not only on these encounters but also reading blogs and symposia . . . → Read More: Evangelical Progressives and Fundaphobia |
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