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The Imaginative Conservative

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Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable... think about such things.

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Magic in Middle-Earth ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Magic in Middle-Earth ~ The Imaginative Conservative

One of the most controversial aspects of The Lord of the Rings, at least in some Christian circles, is the presence of “magic” in the story. For some Christians, such “magic” makes Tolkien’s work

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The Magnificent, Overlooked Operas of Tchaikovsky ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The Magnificent, Overlooked Operas of Tchaikovsky ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Tchaikovsky’s operas are remarkable for their passion, characters, and their pure, elevated humanity His music has the quality of touching something deep in one’s heart, revealing profound aspects of...

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Two Halves at the Kitchen Table ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Two Halves at the Kitchen Table ~ The Imaginative Conservative

We must accept the reality that our spouse is God’s gift—all of our spouse. We can’t merely “put up with” our spouse’s splinters in long-suffering frustration. If we take seriously God’s providence...

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Gen X: We Persevere ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Gen X: We Persevere   ~ The Imaginative Conservative

According to a brand new New York Times/Siena Poll, every age demographic except one has shifted left over the last several years. The one age demographic that has remained solid and unwavering is my...

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Did St. Thomas Aquinas Believe in Ghosts? ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Did St. Thomas Aquinas Believe in Ghosts? ~ The Imaginative Conservative

In reflecting on the fate of the departed souls, we might well wonder whether these souls ever leave their abodes and interact with us. What did the Angelic Doctor have to say about this? As Christ...

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Horror and Holiness for Halloween ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Horror and Holiness for Halloween ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Should Christians spurn the cult of the dead which seems to possess millions of people in the weeks leading up to Halloween? If so, should they also spurn anything creepy on All Hallows Eve? Should...

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The Best American Ghost Story? William Gilmore Simms' "Grayling" ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The Best American Ghost Story? William Gilmore Simms' "Grayling" ~ The Imaginative Conservative

William Gilmore Simms When it comes to stories that make your hair stand on end everyone’s mind understandably goes to master of macabre Edgar Allan Poe. But what did Poe himself consider the best...

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Seeing Is Believing ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Seeing Is Believing ~ The Imaginative Conservative

This is the mystery which, in the end, Saint Matthew relates in the pages of his Gospel: Jesus is not a teacher of ethics, or a strange oriental prophet, but the promised Messiah, unrecognisable...

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A Time for War ~ The Imaginative Conservative

A Time for War ~ The Imaginative Conservative

It is a trick of the Devil to think that “spiritual combat” means only using the part of us that is spiritual. God made us soul and body, and while the body is what makes us weaker than the Enemy by...

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The Nobel Prize in Literature Is for the Bizarre ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The Nobel Prize in Literature Is for the Bizarre ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Giving Anne Carson the Nobel Prize in Literature is a tragedy. This is not a celebration of literary excellence but its destruction. Indeed, the world now heaps praise upon her as she deconstructs...

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In the Silent Hours of Night ~ The Imaginative Conservative

In the Silent Hours of Night ~ The Imaginative Conservative

There is something calming and focusing about praying at night. It is often a time to be alone with nothing to distract one from oneself and God, a time of waiting and longing for the Lord. We could...

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The Importance of "The Matter With Things" ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The Importance of "The Matter With Things" ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Our arguments have convinced us that movement towards meaning and beauty in life is not possible, but Iain McGilchrist calls for a re-activation of the right brain so that our mathematicians and...

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The Problem of the Pope: John Paul II ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The Problem of the Pope: John Paul II ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Like another John the Baptist, the preacher makes straight the way of the Lord. Using human means and human words, God is pleased to bring about the salvation of his people. St. John Paul II was a...

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Run (or Swim) Your Own Race ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Run (or Swim) Your Own Race ~ The Imaginative Conservative

In order to run (or swim) our race and win, we need to keep our focus on our unsinkable savior, Jesus Christ. Do you not know that the runners in the stadium all run in the race, but only one wins...

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Islam and Western Civilization ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Islam and Western Civilization ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The seven pillars of Western Civilization are the edifying edifices which tower over the landscape of the centuries as a fortress of faith and a beacon of reason. Islam has served throughout the...

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October for Russell Kirk ~ The Imaginative Conservative

October for Russell Kirk ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Russell Amos Augustine Kirk is one of America’s foremost and most important thinkers, especially in the desiccated and mutilated 20th century, an era of horrific inhumanities and incessant blood-le...

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Practising the Prayer of the Heart ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Practising the Prayer of the Heart ~ The Imaginative Conservative

If we learn how to wait while doing all we can to invite the Holy Spirit to take possession of us, then before too long all our hopes, all our deepest desires and yearnings will be realized. I never...

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Science, Idolatry, & the Usefulness of Creation ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Science, Idolatry, & the Usefulness of Creation ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Despite our scientific prowess, to have a right view of creation, we still need to know that we are only a part of that creation. If we are tempted to think of ourselves as the true gods, we must...

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Willa Cather’s Catholic Sensibility ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Willa Cather’s Catholic Sensibility ~ The Imaginative Conservative

In Cather's "The Professor’s House," Augusta’s devoutly Catholic presence is the presence of the real, the perennial presence of the reality which permeates the past, present and future, making sense...

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One Day in the Life of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ~ The Imaginative Conservative

One Day in the Life of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Solzhenitsyn understood the crisis of our time—namely, the failure of those who make, enjoy, and judge the constitutionality of laws to appreciate the dire consequences of denying the place of...

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