A conservatism of instinct must be reinforced by a conservatism of thought and imagination.

The Essence of Conservatism by Russell Kirk Everything worth conserving is menaced in our generation. Mere unthinking negative opposition to the current of events, clutching in despair at what we still retain, will not suffice in this age. A conservatism of instinct must be reinforced by a conservatism of thought and imagination... [MORE] How Metaphysics Can Fix This American Mess by John Horvat As American society reaches its final stages of decay, the price of denying reality will prove ever greater, awakening people to their folly and ruin. A metaphysical crisis of vast proportions awaits a world that has long ignored existential questions to its peril... [MORE] On Being Known by Glenn Arbery Isn’t part of the problem in the culture at large a lack of the personal correction and encouragement that accompany truly being known to those around us? Don Rags sessions have an immediate effect on the behavior of students, as professors often notice, but they mean more than that. This kind of recognition helps personal growth, sometimes radically, and increases students’ confidence, because they have been singled out and addressed in person... [MORE] Knowing Who We Are: The False Masks & True Faces of Humanity by Joseph Pearce In the end, we can know who we are in light of what we are called to be, or we can know nothing because we believe that life is nothing and that it signifies nothing. It is the choice between life and death, and between the culture of life and the culture of death... [MORE] Religion Without Dogma? by Dwight Longenecker Indifferentism in religion only serves to weaken all religion, for when the dogma and the distinctive devotions go, all we are left with is a kind of vanilla-pudding spirituality... [MORE] The Lies That Bind by David Deavel We live in a time of gross lies in our public sphere. Many of the lies we tell these days involve phantom ills: racism or sexism or various “phobias” that must be exaggerated. Might these false and exaggerated fears be stand-ins for the real ills that we have suffered, but which we have not been able to mourn? [MORE] Moral Imagination in Graham Greene’s Our Man in Havana by Michael De Sapio Graham Greene classified his 1958 novel Our Man in Havana as one of his lighter pieces or “entertainments,” yet which allows for a surprising amount of spiritual substance... [MORE] Source: https://mailchi.mp/theimaginativeconservative/essays-of-the-week-1086470   -   https://theimaginativeconservative.org/