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Winter 2014 | Volume 32, Issue 4
Redeeming Conservatism
The Winter 2014 issue of Comment is themed Redeeming Conservatism. Are we out of our minds?
If you can't imagine anything good coming out of conservatism, this issue is for you. Our hope is you'll discover, first, that conservatism is not what you thought it was. Second, we hope when you encounter this conservative disposition, you might have occasion to take stock and be surprised to find this names a sensibility you already share.
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Redeeming Conservatism
Conservatism is more hopeful and optimistic than we like to give it credit for.
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World View
An annotated reading of your world, including YMCA and family dinners.
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Headquarters
Updates from Cardus on the renewal of social architecture.
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Is Social Conservatism Conservative?
Even the left should be pro-family.
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Who Owns "Social Justice?"
Social work has been dominated by progressivism. But there's another way.
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A Prudential Manifesto: Class Struggle for the Common Good
The gap between the life that elites preach and the life they live.
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The Gift of Guilt and the Recovery of Joy
There is no more characteristically modern assumption than the belief that it lies within our power to find happiness.
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Twelve Features of a Scriptural Imagination
Who is the artist to help us imagine ways to conserve creation and culture?
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Change the World from Home: A Conversation with Rod Dreher
Change isn't always big.
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"The Dickensian Aspect": Persistent Poverty and Inequality
A twenty-four year sociological study shows that there are distinct advantages to being white and poor over being black and poor.
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A Devastating Day
What meaning can we find in despair?
Contributors to this Issue
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Brian Dijkema Brian Dijkema is the Vice President of External Affairs with Cardus, and an editor of Comment. Bio -
James K.A. Smith James K.A. Smith was the editor-in-chief of Comment from 2013-2018, and teaches philosophy at Calvin College. He is the new editor-in-chief of Image Journal. Bio -
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Mark Mulder Mark Mulder is professor of sociology and director of the urban studies minor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Bio -
Phillip Blond Phillip Blond is an English political philosopher, Anglican theologian, and founding director of the ResPublica think tank. Bio -
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Rod Dreher Rod Dreher is a senior editor at The American Conservative, and author of The Little Way of Ruthie Leming and Crunchy Cons. Bio -
W. David O. Taylor W. David O. Taylor is Assistant Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. Bio -
Wilfred M. McClay Wilfred M. McClay is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma. Bio
