The Second Discourseman I am inspired by The Fourth Discourseman’s article, Christianity, Conservatism, and the Tyranny of the Present. Amid the unhappy conflict between conservatism and progressivism, it is easy to forget that at heart these are just two different views of time. They are no more than expressions of frustration at our pace throughContinue reading “The Long Work of Conservatism”
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Christianity, conservatism, and the tyranny of the present
The Fourth Discourseman Our age has a uniquely modern understanding of time. How we view the world around us, how we tell our own stories, how we grapple with social and ethical issues – all these are infected with what I want to call “the tyranny of the present”, the assumption that what is modernContinue reading “Christianity, conservatism, and the tyranny of the present”
The Four Discoursemen 