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CATEGORY: RELIGION & CONSERVATISM (48 min)


** Is the Future of Conservatism Nonreligious? ([link removed])
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You don’t need to navigate the NYT paywall to answer that question. Nate Hochman joined TAC’s Right Now podcast ([link removed]) to discuss the changing face of conservatism today.

The influence of the Religious Right is almost certainly on the wane in a post-Obergefell, post-Trump America.

But that might not be entirely bad, Hochman argues. New alliances are making serious headway against radical progressivism. Just look at CRT.

Rich Lowry offers some caveats ([link removed]) in response. He’s not so sure the new conservatism is entirely different from the old . . . or any more successful.

Read (and listen!) for yourself—and see what you think about Hochman’s responses ([link removed]) to concerns about this more secular conservatism.

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CATEGORY: RELIGION & POLITICS (16 min)


** Conservatives Must Not Forsake Religion ([link removed])
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Any conservatism which abandons its religious foundation is doomed to failure.

So argues ([link removed]) Bradford Littlejohn in the American Reformer.

Politics is just as religious as ever today, he suggests—but it’s a cynical and materialist religiosity.

And the fact of the matter is that any self-governing society must cultivate virtue.

Rulers who are indifferent to the soul are little more than swineherds fattening the hogs.

Hence conservatives must revive the spiritual dimension of politics ([link removed]) vs. the great Awokening.

Littlejohn maintains that the Protestant tradition offers rich resources for making a natural law argument for this spiritual dimension.

He shows you how—starting with two Reformation-era political thinkers you might not (yet) know . . .

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** American Economic Forum: July 29-30, Washington, D.C. ([link removed])
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Unprecedented inflation, a decreasing workforce, Big Tech, woke capital, a rising China, and a dwindling middle class . . .

. . . these are just some of the factors causing many Americans to ask, “Will my children have the same opportunities I had?”

ISI invites you to our 2022 American Economic Forum ([link removed]) , to be held July 29-30 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., to hear leading conservative politicians, intellectuals, and thought leaders debate the best way for conservatives in 2022 to apply fundamental economic principles to our current crises.

For a limited time, students register for free. And if you’re under 30, weekend tickets are only $50.

The speakers include:
* Congressman Jim Banks
* Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts
* Former Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer
* Acton Institute Research Director Dr. Samuel Gregg
* ResPublica Director Phillip Blond
* And many more

You’ll hear panel discussions on a range of important topics, including: cronyism in the administrative state, China geonomics, big tech censorship, woke capital, middle-class prosperity, and more.

This is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

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Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.

The Woke Math Scam ([link removed]) via the Stanford Review

‘Don’t Say Gay’ is Apparently Anti-Gay ([link removed]) via the Lone Conservative

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CATEGORY: RELIGION & HISTORY (21 min)


** 4 Myths About the Crusades ([link removed])
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If you ever learned about the Crusades in school, you probably learned that they were evil.

You know, the Crusades were all about greed and exploitation. European Christians senselessly attacked the Muslim world.

But what if everything you’ve heard about the Crusades is wrong?

In this week’s
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Thought of the Day:
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“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”

—C.S. Lewis


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