Some welcome the supposedly inevitable demise of the frail, limited, and bigotry-inclined human being at the hands of its technological betters. But as C. S. Lewis foresaw, the technological conquest of man is really the exploitation of some men at the hands of other men. In this age of exploitation, whither democracy and self-government?
As Crawford will show, low regard for the human being tends inexorably toward a greater concentration of wealth and power, as well as further erosion of the concept of the citizen. Far better is the older, Christian idea: Man is fallen, yet created in the image of God.
On March 7, with Crawford’s help, we will come a little closer to recovering that anthropology, on which so much of our future depends. Reserve your ticket to the sixth annual FIRST THINGS Lecture in Washington, D.C. now by clicking on the secure link below.
