John Stuart Mill stands at the forefront of thinkers who were to supply the English elite with doctrines which could replace what had come to be regarded as dying forms.
For all the social forces and political and cultural battles contributing to what Christianity has taught about sex and marriage, what seems undeniable is that the religion Christ founded lifted family life onto an entirely new plane, through the teaching that marriage is sacred and that the bond between husband and wife is indissoluble until death.
I was reminded of the power of ideology this week watching footage released by the police concerning the murder of the teenager Henry Nowak in the English port city of Southampton
It is a peculiar feature of our culture that those outside the Catholic Church often appear acutely aware of the Church’s negative prescriptions on sexuality, if not the positive message they serve. Yet such matters are rarely mentioned in sermons at mass, to which the Church hopes eventually to welcome those currently outside it.
Noelia Castillo Ramos, was last week euthanised in Spain…. she received her death ultimately at the hands of healthcare staff and the State.
What goes by the name of ‘The Right’ in contemporary British life has been in a state of outrage, confected or otherwise.
Keir Starmer, is considering sending British troops to Greenland. His transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, quickly reassured the public that such considerations were nothing to do with US military threats but were rather “business as usual” and related to concerns over the “High North” and the building of an “effective deterrent” against “Putin
The animals’ responses to efforts of zoo-goers to attract their attention have become ‘meaningless’ due to the empty nature of the stimuli. Berger wrote his reflections in the 1970s long before the Information Age brought closer a state of affairs among humans resembling that of animals in the zoo.
