On Friday, EPPC Fellow Carl R. Trueman released his video essay, “A New Public Liturgy,” with First Things. His latest work chronicles our society’s declining consensus on the fundamental questions of human identity and works to find a source of hope as institutions transform before our eyes. The following is excerpted from the essay.
[We have created] what I've called in times past the Liturgy of the Powers, the need to use a certain language when speaking in public in order to get on in life, in order to be deemed an acceptable member of society. Because we are all expected to perform publicly relative to this understanding of selfhood, relative to this understanding of truth and morality today, we have this liturgy to which we must conform...It may not matter what privately you think inside your head about these things as long as you don't give public expression to it. As long as you use the liturgy as long as you give the appropriate liturgical performance as determined by the powers that be.
We can't turn around the deep-rooted chaos that is gripping our society by the middle of next week...but what we can do is leave a legacy for our children and our children's children and their children after them upon which they can build. We can be witnesses to the truth today in a way that keeps the light going for future generations.
Biden's Fake Punt, by Fellow Rachel N. Morrison, uncovers the policy preferences underlying a seemingly-moderate Department of Education stance on women's sports.
Writing in First Things, Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier reflects On Synods Then and Now, contrasting the political manipulation of Vatican Synods and fraternal love.
Fellow David Gortler observes ignored science running rampant in the FDA's continued purchase of COVID vaccines and a developmental drug in Ineffective Vaccines and Rebounding Paxlovid.
Fellow Brad Littlejohn writes in Loving New Neighbors on the changing demographics of post-pandemic America and the effect of emptying metro areas on smaller communities.
President Ryan T. Anderson appeared on Life Today TV to discuss the challenges and direction of the pro-life movement in a post-Roe America. Watch here or to the right.
Ryan also joined Clay Howerton of the Core Principles podcast to discuss his new work Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing co-authored with Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis. Listen here.
Policy Analyst Clare Morell joined CBN's Quick Start podcast to to discuss her recent article in the Federalist on the role of social media in transgender activism and recruitment. Her segment begins at 10:50.
New Faith Angle Discussion: As global warming becomes an ever-more-urgent reality, will its environmental and societal impact in the Global South stay in those regions or will its reach also be felt in Europe and North America? How should religious leaders and communities understand and prepare for environmental changes, extreme weather patterns, and natural disasters caused by climate change? Sewell Chan, editor-in-chief at The Texas Tribune, sits down with Philip Jenkins, author of 31 books and distinguished Baylor University professor of history.
