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On the other side of the same coin
Here's another thing that keeps amazing me: how readily even very intelligent Christians will identify a mild-toned opinion with a charitable or "balanced" one. Never mind that the opinion does not settle any difficulty; never mind that it reveals an extremely superficial grasp of a deep and complex issue; never mind that it mischaracterizes or passes thoughtlessly over the carefully presented concerns and insights of others; never mind that it throws no new light on a problem. It was expressed so congenially; it wasn't "emotional;" it was vaguely affirming; it didn't hurt anyone's feelings; it was, therefore, an exemplary piece of Christian discourse.
We really need to get a better grip on the relation between charity and truth.
By the same author:
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• What is a 'real' Catholic education?, (I,2)
• Orthodox not paradox, (I,3)
• NFP and connaturality, (I,4)
• How does a university evangelize?, (I,4)
• Thomism and intellectual freedom, (I,5)
• Keeping our worship in step with 'what the Spirit is saying' to FUS, (I,7)
• Can charismatics and traditionalists peacefully coexist?, (II,1)
• The horror of polygamy and the persistence of chauvinistic theories in Catholic academia, (II,1)
• The challenge of the Concourse: discussion without (much) contention, (II,2)
• When old ideas are breaking up, (II,3)
• Why the polygamy problem is not as passe as it appears: Kathleen van Schaijik responds to her critics, (II,4)
• Why 'charismatic spirituality' belongs at the heart of our communal life, (II,9)
• What is the University Concourse?, (III,1)
• How not to help households, (III,1)
• Silence betokens ... What?, (III,3)
• The freedom of stricture, (III,4)
• What were households meant to be?, (III,5)
• Different degrees of authority, (III,5)
• Last words (for now), (III,6)
• A suggestion regarding Extraordinary Ministers, (III,6)
• Catholic teaching on capital punishment, (III,6)
• A final thought on the household issue, (III,6)
• What is our mission, really?, (III,6)
• What if Shakspere wasn't Shakespeare?, (III,6)
• Clinton's sorry legacy, (III,6)
• Evolution, (III,6)
• Intimidated? Please don't be., (III,6)
• A gift for the graduates of '98, (III,6)
• A point of policy, (III,6)
• A point of principle, (III,6)
• A word of thanks, (III,6)
• Love Never Leaves, (IV,1)
• Faith and Reason, (IV,2)
• A different perspective on the modesty question, (IV,5)
• Strangers to the world, (IV,6)
• Happy & sad, (IV,7)
• Oxford gaining on Shakspere, (IV,7)
• Of private and collegiate morality, (IV,7)
• Newman, education and context, (IV,7)
• Witnesses to Faith in the face of death, (IV,7)
• Viva the class of '99!, (IV,7)
• A prize winning physicist out of his depth, (IV,7)
• A positive psychology, (IV,7)
• How to become a leader, (IV,7)
• Campus politics, (IV,7)
• Thanksgiving, (IV,7)
• New face, same spirit, (V,1)
• The 'Stratford man' and the Shakespearean canon: no match at all, (V,3)
• Bringing the masses from starvation to full strength, (V,4)
• Branching out through Christus Magister, (V,6)
• Kathleen van Schaijik replies to John Doman on Shakespeare, (V,6)
• A Catholic critique of a current notion of courtship, (V,7)
• Fr. Michael's achievement, (V,8)
• Charity may be severe, (V,8)
• On the other side of the same coin, (V,8)
• Shakespeare debate update, (V,8)
• Beware of economic Puritanism, (V,8)
• What the education debate is and isn't about, (V,8)
• The Weimar Republicans, (V,8)
• Drawing out an analogy, (V,8)
• Dear Class of 2000, (V,8)
• How to support the Concourse by buying books, (V,8)
• Thanksgiving, (V,8)
• The evil of exorcising judgement, (VI,1)
• Jump Start, (VII,1)
• It's not the Vatican, it's the laity, (VII,1)
• Abusing NFP, (VII,1)
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