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Filippino Lippi, Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas over the Heretics (1489–1491). Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy

Is Culture Conservative? — Part I

‘People generally agree that no human society is “without culture”. The concept has been defined in many different ways. The first appearance of the term culture is attributed to Cicero, who used the word in the sense of “cultivation of…
Shadow Mountain by contemporary American postmodern artist Donray

The Relationship Between Deconstructionist Postmodern Society and the Decline of Traditional Western Values: The Problem of ‘Post-Truth’

‘Here the problem of postmodern thinking returns. If there is no truth, since everything is relative and free (but if there is an absolute truth, Derrida calls it totalitarianism), then in the marketplace of ideas, truth—since it does not exist—cannot…
Juriaen Jacobsze, Allegory of Teaching (third quarter of the 17th century). National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Concept of a ‘Liberal Education’ Has a 2,500-Year-Old Past, But Does It Have a Future?

‘Politically, however, it is not impossible for a state to decide that it would be better, both for children and for the country, to give schools freedom to develop educational approaches that follow liberal education principles, whether within the state…

Modern Western Culture as the Catalyst of the Age of Depression

‘Whereas in pre-modern Western culture pride and self-respect were derived from involvement in family, community, work and religion, individuals are nowadays left with nothing but their individualism and inner experiences…When this is insufficient, many people attempt to find their salvation…in…
Eugène Siberdt, The Prophet Nathan Rebukes King David (between1866 and 1931). Mayfair Gallery, London, UK

The Future of Christianity in Politics

‘Christianity from its beginnings has presented something new with regard to political life: a certain indifference, if I may put it that way, to the political regime. That is, it enjoins rendering unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and…
Gyula Benczúr, Saint Stephen Offering the Hungarian Crown to the Virgin Mary (1901). Altarpiece of the Saint Stephen Basilica, Budapest, Hungary

Twelve Pillars of Conservative Policymaking

‘Despite the different—and certainly debatable—approaches and priorities in specific policy areas, the fundamental objectives of conservative parties largely align. Public discourse and media representation in the West sometimes portray the self-determined policymaking of conservative governments in a polarized manner, focusing…
"The Word Was Made Flesh" on the front of the Incarnation St James Catholic School in Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey

‘Is there a measure on earth?’

‘It is the metaphysical distinction between act and potency that brings depth to being, since it reveals to us that being is not just a fact that is or is not in a shallow binary fashion, but is something that…
David - The Death of Socrates

The Blind Eye Principle: When the Law Tolerates the Illegal — And the Places That Law Can’t Reach

‘As the assisted dying question turns once again into a contestation of intolerable pains and grotesque moral outrages, we should take a moment to think of a bigger picture. To recall that it is a man-made instrument. It is not…
Abies fraseri Christmas tree plantation, USA

Artificial or Natural? A Conservative Christmas Conundrum

‘As Christmas approaches, even the most steadfast conservative is faced with a profound seasonal dilemma: should one opt for an artificial tree or remain loyal to the natural variety? The question is more than a practical matter—it is imbued with…
Twelve Apostles at Port Campbell National Park, Princetown, Victoria, Australia (2019)

The Dilemma of Christian Democracy

‘With the Second Vatican Council a new kind of theology—the so called nouvelle théologie —stepped inside the Church and started to play a decisive role in it. Its main authors like Marie-Dominique Chenu and Henri De Lubac emphasized that the…

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