Catholicism
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The Philippines Birth Rate Crash
The post reports that the Philippines’ fertility rate fell from 4.1 in 1993 to 1.7 in the 2025 survey, the steepest drop on record, and asks why anyone expected the…
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Disinformation Feudalism
Comparing today’s America with the medieval Church’s monopoly over morality and information, the author argues that digital-age ideological power resembles a feudal order, and asks what the ‘resistance’ resists when…
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Browncast Episode 67, Conversation with freelance academic Justin Murphy
BrownCast episode 67: the hosts talk to Justin Murphy, a very online ‘post-academic’ and former UK political scientist now back in the USA, about working outside an institution, his return…
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Moves in the Glass Bead Game
Explains how Hesse’s Glass Bead Game works by linking two shattered Catholic images, a statue of the Virgin Mary after the Sri Lanka church bombings and a chalice standing for…
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Review: The Forge of Christendom by Tom Holland
A review of Tom Holland’s book on Western Europe’s recovery between 900 and 1100. The reviewer finds it entertaining but one-sided, presenting Christianity as a force for good and the…
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Shady Missionaries
A reader’s email, posted without comment, calls the Missionaries of Charity shady, citing a Ranchi baby-selling controversy, and asks for a post on how the Vatican operates in India.
