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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Fri, 06 Dec 2013 01:26:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/dylan-pahman-climate-change-the-green-patriarch-and-the-disposition-of-fear/ https://www.aoiusa.org/dylan-pahman-climate-change-the-green-patriarch-and-the-disposition-of-fear/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2013 01:22:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13098 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Acton Powerblog | Dylan Pahman Today at First Things’ On the Square feature, I question the tone and timing of Patriarch Batholomew’s recent message on climate change. While I do not object to him making a statement about the subject in conjunction with the opening of the Warsaw Climate Change Conference, his initial reference, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/dylan-pahman-climate-change-the-green-patriarch-and-the-disposition-of-fear/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/william-j-abraham-the-treasures-and-trials-of-eastern-orthodoxy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/william-j-abraham-the-treasures-and-trials-of-eastern-orthodoxy/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:48:01 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12881 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Acton Institute | Dylan Pahman Last night I attended an engaging lecture at Calvin College by Dr. William Abraham of the Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology. Abraham, whose religious background is Irish Methodist and who is now a minister in the United Methodist Church and the Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/william-j-abraham-the-treasures-and-trials-of-eastern-orthodoxy/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/dylan-pahman-natural-law-public-policy-and-the-uncanny-voice-of-conscience-an-orthodox-response-to-david-bentley-hart/ https://www.aoiusa.org/dylan-pahman-natural-law-public-policy-and-the-uncanny-voice-of-conscience-an-orthodox-response-to-david-bentley-hart/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 01:40:11 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12585 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Ehtika Politika | In his recent First Things article, “Is, Ought, and Nature’s Laws,” David Bentley Hart puts forth a formidable and subtle critique of the use, “by certain self-described Thomists,” of the natural law tradition in public discourse. While Hart does not deny “a harmony between cosmic and moral order,” he takes issue […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/dylan-pahman-natural-law-public-policy-and-the-uncanny-voice-of-conscience-an-orthodox-response-to-david-bentley-hart/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/acton-blog-dunn-oikonomia-and-assault-weapons-misappropriating-a-principle/ https://www.aoiusa.org/acton-blog-dunn-oikonomia-and-assault-weapons-misappropriating-a-principle/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:03:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12515 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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For better or for worse (probably better) discussion of Orthodox teaching to cultural issues and every day life takes place more often on public blogs than anywhere else. Some critics deride the development of a virtual public square but how does it differ from essays written on paper except that delivery is faster? Moreover, the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/acton-blog-dunn-oikonomia-and-assault-weapons-misappropriating-a-principle/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/asceticism-and-the-free-society/ https://www.aoiusa.org/asceticism-and-the-free-society/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2012 01:19:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12460 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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The underlying thesis in the essay below is that 1) man is fundamentally a moral being, and 2) the restoration of culture is fundamentally a moral enterprise. The essay is reproduced by permission of the Acton Institute but note something about that: There is more interest in the Orthodox contribution about the intersections of faith […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/asceticism-and-the-free-society/feed/ 21