Russell Kirk championed a Christian-rooted conservatism, blending Burkean tradition with moral order. He warned that liberty without Christian morality breeds materialism and Marxism, while unassimilated immigration erodes culture. Kirk urged preserving Western heritage against radical change to prevent civilizational decay in England and America.
In ancient Latin, vir (man) became virtu (man-strength, and then the strength or power of anything – as in “the virtue of magnesium in aiding sleep”), which then became, in English, virtue (the power of what is good in itself to effect even greater goodness).
Rebuilding civilization will be a project soon halted without literature, academics, and history. As Augustine understood, a city is a community of people united by…
Anthony Smith characterizes nationalism as a movement that seeks to preserve “national autonomy, unity, & identity” [1]. Starting with Smith’s definition as a general framework,…
Trying to gauge conservative reaction to the change in political wind, I listened to a segment of talk radio while traveling this week.
Groen van Prinsterer’s battle for Christian education in the Netherlands took place during a time of increased deconfessionalization of the Dutch state and the liberalization…
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