1. Alan Jacobs speaks of the Christian Renaissance in the 20th century. I was looking into Lippman's A Preface to Morals the other day and was amused by his presumption that Christianity and thus Christian ethics was in demise.
2. Augustine and the Order of Love: Debunking a Dumb Christian Nationalist Argument
3. R.I.P. Tony Bennett. "Sing, You Sinners"
Footnote to #3: In The Screwtape Letters Wormwood says that in heaven there are two sounds that are both detested by the demons: singing, and silence. In Hell there shall be neither, but only cacophony.
The song agrees: "Whenever there's music, the Devil kicks / he don't allow music by the river Styx."
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