Author Archives: Andrew Stuttaford

Quote for the Day

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

I don’t often quote old Karl, but this (from the Communist Manifesto) isn’t bad: “Christian socialism is but the holy water with which the priest consecrates the heart-burnings of the aristocrat.”

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Happy Easter!

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford
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John Fisher, Again

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in The American Conservative, Rod Dreher refers, by implication approvingly, to St. John Fisher, “the English Catholic bishop who went to his death rather than conform to the king’s dictates.” Say what you will, but Fisher was no defender … Continue reading →

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Religious Liberty!

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Balkanization moves on merrily along. WABC: – A man is suing Costco for religious discrimination. He tells Eyewitness News exclusively that when he refused to work with pork, the major retailer sent him outside to gather carts. “Just because you … Continue reading →

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Russia’s “Military-Ecclesiastical Complex”

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the American Conservative, Philip Jenkins: After the Bolshevik Revolution, the Communist government savagely persecuted the Orthodox Church, killings many thousands of clergy and monastics, and closing the vast majority of churches and monasteries. When Communism fell, the church … Continue reading →

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Islam: Enlightenment or Reformation?

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been calling for an Islamic ‘reformation’. Dan Hannan is not so sure that that’s right: What, though, do we mean by “Reformation”? Most people mean that they want a more modern Islam, one which accepts the … Continue reading →

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Gray’s Anatomy (of Atheism)

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the Guardian, British philosopher John Gray (an atheist himself) takes a look at the ‘New Atheists’ and isn’t too impressed by what he sees. His attack on the idea that leftists ‘must’ be on the left is well … Continue reading →

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ISIS: Looking to the North

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Over in the Financial Times, there’s an interesting piece on Putin’s friends abroad, but this passage in particular caught my eye: The current Egyptian government believes that the Obama administration’s failure to support former President Hosni … Continue reading →

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‘But’

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner. A writer for the Guardian, on cue (my emphasis added): We are in perilous territory. Slaughter as political protest cannot be defended. Free speech as legal and moral pre-requisites in a free society must be defended. … Continue reading →

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An ‘Enchanted Secularism’? No Thanks

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the New York Times, David Brooks frets about what non-believers, um, believe: Over the past few years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of people who are atheist, agnostic or without religious affiliation. A fifth … Continue reading →

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