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April 14, 2023
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Nature versus Culture
by Algis Valiunas
National Affairs
In America today, a moral chasm exists between those whose bodies and souls yearn for nature in the wild and those who need citified surroundings to feel fully alive. On the one hand are whitewater rapids, alpine precipices, primeval forests, and the unsettling awareness that the next turn in the trail might bring you face to face with an outraged grizzly. On the other is the thrill of the never-ending pursuit of wealth and position, fancy dining, and the unsettling awareness that the next block where the streetlights are kaput might bring you face to face with a homeless meth addict with a sharpened screwdriver and designs on your wallet, and perhaps your life.
One would expect some of the happiest of all the wilderness lovers to be the artists who cannot do without continual immersion in nature, and especially the writers whose lyric encomia rival in beauty the wondrous phenomena they describe. America has a rich tradition of nature writing, from Henry David Thoreau to George Perkins Marsh to John Muir, and more recently including Peter Matthiessen, Edward Abbey, Edward Hoagland, Barry Lopez, and John McPhee. Ecstatics who share their peak experiences with their readers, they are some of the most exhilarating writers our country has produced, venturing into the last remaining enclaves of pure wildness, and incandescent with gratitude for the splendor of the creation they are lucky enough to witness.
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For First Things, Carl R. Trueman asks, “Does the Church of England need evangelicals? ([link removed]) ”
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For WORLD Opinion, Andrew T. Walker writes about the decisive claim of Christianity ([link removed]) : the Resurrection.
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“They're back!” warns George Weigel in his column about the return of opposition to the Catholic Church's moral teachings ([link removed]) .
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"Transgenderism hardly began in a vacuum. The feminism that preceded it sold its own version of the meaninglessness of the female body." In the National Catholic Register, Noelle Mering celebrates how Riley Gaines' stood up for true womanhood ([link removed]) .
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** Erika Bachiochi
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Praxis Circle
Erika Bachiochi was featured in Praxis Circle's interview series about her life as a Catholic wife and mother and her work as a feminist, legal scholar, and advocate of the Christian worldview.
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** THE WEST
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Episode 2: The Rule of Law
EPPC scholars Stanley Kurtz and George Weigel appear in the third episode of The West to discuss the history of Western civilization's belief in the rule of law.
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** THE WORLD OVER
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April 6
George Weigel appeared on The World Over with Raymond Arroyo to discuss the nature of dialogue within the Catholic Church in light of the approaching Synod on Synodality.
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Monday, April 24, 2023 | 6–8 PM
Catholic Information Center
1501 K Street NW
Washington, DC xxxxxx
Alexandra DeSanctis will speak on a panel at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C. about Mary Harrington's new book, Feminism Against Progress ([link removed]) .
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Erika Bachiochi will also talk to Mary Harrington at the Heritage Foundation on April 25th. They will discussing it means to be a woman today, as the meaning of sex and market preferences rapidly shift with each new technological development.
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