Next year is the eightieth anniversary of C. S. Lewis’s delivery of the lectures that later became his book The Abolition of Man. Rereading those lectures today, it is impossible not to be struck by their contemporary feel. The reason is simple: What Lewis identified in 1943 as the key issue facing society remains the key issue facing us today, and that in an even more intense form. The issue is anthropology, the very understanding of what it means to be a human being.
Hopefully 2023 will witness significant levels of interest in The Abolition of Man and provoke useful contributions to the field of theological anthropology. In the interim, Christmas offers Christians everywhere the opportunity to reflect once again on the Incarnation, sing of its glorious mystery, and make connections to a rich understanding of what it means to be human. Three things at least deserve attention, given our current anthropological chaos.
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James Bowman writes in The New Criterion on the increasing tendency of our electoral politics to revolve around the fears and worries ignited by media coverage in service of a partisan agenda.
As Congress brings the year to a close with a flurry of activity, Patrick T. Brown in First Thingsexhorts lawmakers to promote both work and marriage through the expansion of the child tax credit.
Jim Capretta on Government and Rising Healthcare Costs
In this episode of Searching for Medicine's Soul ( Podbean | Spotify | Apple Podcasts ), Aaron Rothstein is joined by Jim Capretta, Senior Fellow and Milton Friedman Chair at the American Enterprise Institute. In the face of rising healthcare costs, the pair discuss the government's role in healthcare policy with an eye for providing patients with meaningful choice in quality treatment.
