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“Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love.”
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“Religion, declares the modern man, is consciousness of our highest social values. Nothing could be further from the truth. True religion is a profound uneasiness about our highest social values.”
― Beyond Tragedy: Essays on the Christian Interpretation of History
― Beyond Tragedy: Essays on the Christian Interpretation of History
“Rationality belongs to the cool observer, but because of the stupidity of the average man, he follows not reason, but faith, and the naive faith requires necessary illusion and emotionally potent oversimplifications which are provided by the myth-maker to keep ordinary person on course.”
― Moral Man and Immoral Society: Study in Ethics and Politics
― Moral Man and Immoral Society: Study in Ethics and Politics
“in more and more spheres of American life, well-intentioned people who genuinely believe that they are fighting for righteous causes are doing what they can to make racial identity the all-encompassing dividing line of American life.”
― The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
― The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
“All the other stuff, the love, the democracy, the floundering into lust, is a sort of by-play. The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.”
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Andrew’s 2025 Year in Books
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