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The City of God
According to Psalm 87 . . . His foundations are in the holy mountains . . . “Lord God of the High Places,” Abraham called the Lord. God dwells on high, which is a metaphor for any place that stands … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Reflections on the Psalms
Tagged City of God, god, Providence, psalms, St. Augustine
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Dr. Seuss and Racism
In 2017, an elementary school librarian in Massachusetts criticized a gift of Dr. Seuss books from then First Lady Melania Trump as being “steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes.” A school district in Virginia claimed that “Research in … Continue reading
What Higher Education Administrators do not Understand about Budget Cuts and Furloughs
The poet Walt Whitman, visiting army hospitals along the Potomac River in 1862, came upon “a heap of amputated feet, legs, arms, hands, &c., a full load for a one-horse cart,” hospital waste of soldiers of the Army of the … Continue reading
Anglicans on the Frontier
ANGLICANS ON THE FRONTIER: THE GREAT COMMISSION AND THE EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA[1] Russell M. Lawson Captain John Smith was arguably the greatest of the English explorers, discoverers, and colonists of America. He was as well the first … Continue reading
Reflections on the Psalms
The Psalms require an emotional, spiritual, and thoughtful response. Each psalm challenges humans collectively and individually. Each individual is engaged in a pilgrimage to know God and Self, to understand how the Self fits in with the whole of humanity … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, god, Love, Old Testament, psalms
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Whither is Good Government? Reflections on Psalm 45
My tongue is a pen of a quick writer . . . The Psalmist takes to honorific writing to praise the king, the anointed of God. God indeed anoints. And God’s will is known throughout the world. The Apostle Paul … Continue reading
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Tagged god, Old Testament, psalms
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Democracy
The idea of democracy, like the idea of capitalism, promises much, though the reality always falls short. The promise is of wide participation in government, free and open competition among diverse groups, self-determination. Democracy offers the vision of individuals … Continue reading
Posted in European history, General Essays, Government
Tagged Government, history, philosophy
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From Modernization to Globalization
Modernization is a major social scientific theory that emerged in the 1950s to explain different levels of development in the world’s societies. Although the roots of modernization theory developed in the response of nineteenth-century American and European intellectuals to industrialization, … Continue reading
Liberalism
Liberalism refers to a system of thought that focuses on the good of the whole of society as opposed to its neglect in the service of the restricted few. Liberalism began at a time of rejection of traditional feudal … Continue reading
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Tagged Government, history, philosophy
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Laissez Faire
Laissez-Faire, a French phrase that means literally “let do” meaning “let a person alone,” was applied to economics by English and French thinkers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The phrase generally applies to the same conditions in modern as … Continue reading
Posted in American History, General Essays, Government
Tagged Government, history, philosophy
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The American Plutarch 