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MAGA, Trump, and the vision thing

December 8, 2024 by James Kalb

Like everybody else, I comment on the whole Trump victory thing.

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The Church in an age of anxiety

November 18, 2024 by James Kalb

What to do in a time of uncertainty? My latest at Catholic World Report.

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Benedict Options

October 29, 2024October 26, 2024 by James Kalb

Here’s a chapter I wrote for The Future of the Catholic Church in the American Political Order, a collection of essays edited by Kenneth L. Grasso and Thomas F.X. Varacalli.

Benedict Options

James Kalb

1 Introduction

As others have noted, we see around us the growth of a public order dominated by a post-Christian … More ...

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Is Christianity “conservative”?

October 11, 2024 by James Kalb
I discuss the relation between conservative Christianity and Catholicism at Catholic World Report . In the piece I interpret “conservatism” as attachment to established ways and institutions and contrast it to orthodoxy.
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My review of Marcel De Corte, Intelligence in Danger of Death

September 22, 2024 by James Kalb
My review of Marcel De Corte’s Intelligence in Danger of Death has been published in Catholic Social Science Review.

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Conversation with Larry Chapp

August 17, 2024 by James Kalb

I discuss my recent book The Decomposition of Man with Larry Chapp and Rodney Howsare on Dr. Chapp’s podcast.

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How real is our democracy?

August 2, 2024 by James Kalb

I discuss American democracy, elite rule, and propaganda, with brief comments on what to do, at Catholic World Report.

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Backwards and forwards

May 8, 2024 by James Kalb
Do the Pope’s complaints about “backwardism” make sense? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
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Leave the world or embrace it?

January 4, 2024 by James Kalb
How do Catholics deal with a world that’s so stubbornly unmanageable? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
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Realities are greater than ideas

November 2, 2023 by James Kalb

So why do Synodality, Social Justice, and other utopian schemes fall on their faces? And how can we make our efforts more productive? I discuss at Catholic World Report.

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