Fr. Chad Hatfield: The Manhattan Declaration
February 17, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 2 Comments
Ancient Faith Radio Fr. Chad Hatfield, discusses The Manhattan Declaration, “a call of Christian conscience” that he helped produce, and defends Orthodox participation in such cultural manifestos. Listen here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Pentecost, Lincoln and the American Experiment
June 9, 2009 by Fr. Gregory Jensen · 28 Comments
One of the things that interests me a great deal is the relationship between the Tradition of the Orthodox Church and the founding political philosophy of the American experiment. At the risk of appearing overly critical, or even dismissive, I think the failure of Orthodoxy in America is our not having engaged theologically and critically [...]
Ecumenicism in the trenches…
June 9, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 1 Comment
Two National Rabbinic Groups Issue Religious Ban on Voting for Pro-Homosexual Agenda Politicians; Call on Pope and other Denominations to Follow Suit BROOKLYN, NY, May 27 /Christian Newswire/ — In light of recent developments in the ongoing push to legislate a Federal Hate Crimes Bill in Congress and same gender marriage legislation in New York [...]
Keep the Human in Humane
April 30, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment
Wesley Smith, occasional commentator on AOI blog published the is article on To the Source. Visit Smith’s blog Second Hand Smoke. When Aldous Huxley wrote his prophetic 1932 novel Brave New World, he envisioned a dystopian future in which mankind would become, in the words of bioethicist Leon Kass, “so dehumanized that he doesn’t even [...]
The god Called Earth
April 29, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment
Couples who refuse to have children in order to protect the environment, says Steve Robinson, “reject religion and dogma, (yet) their devotion to the earth is indeed a religious devotion very similar to the ancient pagans.” In fact, the “eco-fundamentalists has a version of the prosperity gospel… we ‘serve the earth god,’ name it and [...]
Wesley J. Smith: Orthodox Advocate for Human “Exceptionalism”
April 6, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 1 Comment
Our culture is at a crossroad about the value of human life, argues author and human rights activist Wesley J. Smith in an interview with Kevin Allen on the “Illumined Heart” podcast (Ancient Faith Radio). Do we value human life simply because it is human, or do we value it based on notions and definitions [...]
Obama and Moral Imagination
January 22, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 30 Comments
Newly elected President Obama, writes John Couretas, Executive Director of AOI in his essay “Obama and the Moral Imagination” frequently makes use of the phrase “common story.” This phrase “may sound strange to the ears. But it is impossible to understand the new president unless his brilliant use of narrative is first grasped,” Couretas says. [...]
Culture Wars: Fr. Jacobse on Ancient Faith Radio
January 10, 2009 by John Couretas · 1 Comment
Kevin Allen, host of Ancient Faith Radio’s Illumined Heart program, interviews AOI President Fr. Hans Jacobse for a fascinating discussion on “The Culture War and Orthodox Christianity.” Fr. Hans talks about the need for Eastern Orthodox Christians to engage in the moral and social debates — call them Culture Wars if you will — that [...]
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus — May his memory be eternal
January 9, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment
Roman Catholic priest Fr. Richard John Neuhas died yesterday after a protracted battle with cancer. Anyone familiar with Christianity in the public square will recognize Fr. Neuhaus as one of the first to sound the alarm that a public square stripped of religious values would lead to a culture stripped of benevolent morality. In his [...]
Mattingly on ‘Culture wars 2008′
October 27, 2008 by John Couretas · Leave a Comment
Terry Mattingly looks at the most recent battles, from the left and the right: If you could erase one moment from Sen. Barack Obama’s White House campaign, which would you choose? That’s an easy question for evangelicals, Catholics and other religious believers who back Obama. Most would happily erase all evidence of his speech last [...]
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