Art Against Orthodoxy: Letters on Liberty
Title | Art Against Orthodoxy: Letters on Liberty PDF eBook |
Author | JJ Charlesworth |
Publisher | Academy of Ideas Ltd |
Total Pages | 18 |
Release | 2021-02-11 |
Genre | Art |
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In this Letter, JJ Charlesworth argues that we need to oppose attempts in the world of art and culture to enforce a series of anti-creative orthodoxies. Instead of seeing the achievements of culture - past and present - through the lens of contemporary platitudes about justice, we must fight for the right of art to freely confront reality. It is vital that we reclaim the institutions of modern culture, from galleries to publishers, as arenas for free, unfettered artistic expression.
The Index
Title | The Index PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Ellingwood Abbot |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 632 |
Release | 1876 |
Genre | Religion |
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The Benedict Option
Title | The Benedict Option PDF eBook |
Author | Rod Dreher |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 274 |
Release | 2017-03-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0735213313 |
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Already the most discussed and most important religious book of the decade." —David Brooks In this controversial bestseller, Rod Dreher calls on American Christians to prepare for the coming Dark Age by embracing an ancient Christian way of life. From the inside, American churches have been hollowed out by the departure of young people and by an insipid pseudo–Christianity. From the outside, they are beset by challenges to religious liberty in a rapidly secularizing culture. Keeping Hillary Clinton out of the White House may have bought a brief reprieve from the state’s assault, but it will not stop the West’s slide into decadence and dissolution. Rod Dreher argues that the way forward is actually the way back—all the way to St. Benedict of Nursia. This sixth-century monk, horrified by the moral chaos following Rome’s fall, retreated to the forest and created a new way of life for Christians. He built enduring communities based on principles of order, hospitality, stability, and prayer. His spiritual centers of hope were strongholds of light throughout the Dark Ages, and saved not just Christianity but Western civilization. Today, a new form of barbarism reigns. Many believers are blind to it, and their churches are too weak to resist. Politics offers little help in this spiritual crisis. What is needed is the Benedict Option, a strategy that draws on the authority of Scripture and the wisdom of the ancient church. The goal: to embrace exile from mainstream culture and construct a resilient counterculture. The Benedict Option is both manifesto and rallying cry for Christians who, if they are not to be conquered, must learn how to fight on culture war battlefields like none the West has seen for fifteen hundred years. It's for all mere Christians—Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox—who can read the signs of the times. Neither false optimism nor fatalistic despair will do. Only faith, hope, and love, embodied in a renewed church, can sustain believers in the dark age that has overtaken us. These are the days for building strong arks for the long journey across a sea of night.
A Letter to Elihu F. Marshall, ...
Title | A Letter to Elihu F. Marshall, ... PDF eBook |
Author | Silas Cornell |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 30 |
Release | 1830 |
Genre | Society of Friends |
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Miscellanies
Title | Miscellanies PDF eBook |
Author | Moses Stuart |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 394 |
Release | 1846 |
Genre | Congregational churches |
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The Orthodox churchman's magazine; or, A Treasury of divine and useful knowledge
Title | The Orthodox churchman's magazine; or, A Treasury of divine and useful knowledge PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 490 |
Release | 1803 |
Genre | |
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Bishops, Clergy and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Title | Journal of the Proceedings of the Bishops, Clergy and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America PDF eBook |
Author | Episcopal Church. General Convention |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 952 |
Release | 1872 |
Genre | |
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