The UN’s Destructive, and Self-Destructive, Obsession with Israel
An organization founded to prevent war instead countenances and abets terror against the Jewish state.
July 6, 2017
As the American Mind Keeps Closing, Can the Bible Help to Keep It Open?
The problem with making the Bible a Great Book.
Revisiting the philosopher Allan Bloom’s seminal The Closing of the American Mind (first published in 1987) and its attacks on the stultifying intellectual climate of American universities, Jon D. Levenson both evaluates how well its strictures apply to today’s college campuses and raises questions about Bloom’s treatment of the Bible. To Levenson, there is little doubt that most of the trends highlighted by Bloom have only worsened, but Bloom’s diagnosis of the underlying problem as one of moral and cultural relativism now falls flat. Instead, a new absolutism appears as the greatest threat. As for the Bible, Levenson writes:
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Iran Won in Lebanon. It Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Win in Iraq, Too
Shiite militias could turn Iraq into an Iranian satellite.
Narendra Modi’s Arrival in Jerusalem Heralds Israel’s Integration into the Non-Western World
The meaning of Israel-India relations.
As the American Mind Keeps Closing, Can the Bible Help to Keep It Open?
The problem with making the Bible a Great Book.
Religious Freedom, Gay Rights, and Anti-Discrimination Laws
How far should religious freedom extend?