Is the Future of Conservatism Nonreligious?

You don’t need to navigate the NYT paywall to answer that question. Nate Hochman joined TAC’s Right Now podcast 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 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 to concerns about this more secular conservatism.

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CATEGORY: RELIGION & POLITICS (16 min)

Conservatives Must Not Forsake Religion

Any conservatism which abandons its religious foundation is doomed to failure.

So argues 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 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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UPCOMING

OPPORTUNITIES:

American Economic Forum: July 29-30, Washington, D.C.

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, 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.

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

The Woke Math Scam via the Stanford Review

‘Don’t Say Gay’ is Apparently Anti-Gay via the Lone Conservative

CATEGORY: RELIGION & HISTORY (21 min)

4 Myths About the Crusades

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 archive pull, historian Paul Crawford debunks four of the biggest myths about the Crusades.

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Thought of the Day:

“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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