Two cheers (and a sigh) for Carl Trueman's "Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self"
The first two thirds are a must-read. The last third not so much.
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CORY HARTMAN
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- Aug 28, 2020
They want to take your history
The Left and the Right each have a story to tell about America, and the winner takes all.
- Jul 5, 2019
What is "the pursuit of happiness"?
The phrase in the Declaration of Independence meant more to the Founders than we ever would have thought.
- Oct 10, 2017
Gen-Xers in a world not our own
In the last couple weeks I've been working my way through the new documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, The Vietnam War. I have...
- Jun 27, 2017
The post-truth era
Since the election of Donald Trump, prestigious figures in journalism have been wringing their hands over the "post-truth era." The New...
- May 9, 2017
A culture is shaped by the shape of its stories
When we think of what is or is not an appropriate story for a book or film—whether from the perspective of age-appropriacy or of...
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