JOHN A. TEEVAN

Culture, Economics, and Common Grace.

JOHN A. TEEVAN

Culture, Economics, and Common Grace.

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‘Hot Ayer’: Humanity Disappears in Our Sad World

A.J. Ayer proved his own rule false. Three ideas of our day rest on assumptions...
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Who Would Use Jack Sparrow’s Compass?

Professor Michael Clune wrote something in the Chronicle of Higher Education clearer than a month...
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Our Humanity: Capacities and Privileges

A Land Cruiser breaks down among the Bayaka people in Central Africa. What followed says...
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Top Leaders or Mild Narcissists?

A Bible study on the beatitudes raises an uncomfortable question: is the spirituality Jesus commanded...
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I’m Glad to Live in ‘Stupid America’

We are told America's problem is rigid moralists forcing values on everyone else. A case...
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Students Respond to a Solzhenitsyn Speech

Students listen to Solzhenitsyn's 1976 speech A World Split Apart and respond. What a class...
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A Lament: Is This New World Really Better?

Gatsby's green light as a warning for America. After centuries of nation-building, are we headed...
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Political Ideologies Have Become Religions

A 1968 convention usher and Keynesian economics major traces how political ideologies took on the...
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Is America a World-Leader in Mental Health Problems?

Depression among college students surged 135%. An examination of whether America genuinely leads the world...
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A Myopic and Blinkered View of Reality

The age of the universe has changed wildly since 1800. A look at how confident...