University of Dallas and the Liberal Arts

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:10:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: An examination of the liberal arts, western tradition and the last bastion of both in academia.

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In the end the University of Dallas provides Catholic persons with a working knowledge of the western tradition. People who think that the western tradition is wrong, or think that morality doesn’t exist or that truth is whatever one makes of it need not apply. By Catholic methinks the University doesn’t entirely mean one who proscribes to the Catholic faith.

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Civil Religion and Modernity: Machiavelli and Locke

Thu, 08 May 2008 05:02:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A great piece about the necessity of civil religion in the modern state.

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Civil religion was a vital part of ancient life, religion and politics were joined harmoniously. With the dawn of Christianity, a religion whose focus is not on the state primarily but on the afterlife, the world slowly began to change. Religion was often used to divide rather than unify the commonwealth. Modernity’s problem with Christianity came at the dawn of the Reformation, where Christianity was used to pull people apart and start wars between nations who share ethnic, cultural and religious ties. America is the shinning product of modern thought; the brain child of men such as Niccolo Machiavelli and John Locke.

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University of Dallas and the Liberal Arts

Civil Religion and Modernity: Machiavelli and Locke