My review of Archbishop Charles Chaput's new book, Strangers in a Strange Land: Living the Faith in a Post-Christian World, is up at The Federalist today. Here is the link, and here is an excerpt: Chaput repeatedly refers to the Supreme Court’s lawless decision in Obergefell v. Hodges as a watershed moment, but it seems clear from his litany of evils that the walls have been closing on American Catholics in for years. Obergefell was thus not a radical transformation of the American order, but the culmination of a culture that has been transforming for a long time now. After all, as Chaput writes, “Culture precedes and informs politics. And American culture has moved miles from the assumptions of the Founders.”
The Bishop's Lament: Apb. Chaput's New Book
The Bishop's Lament: Apb. Chaput's New Book
The Bishop's Lament: Apb. Chaput's New Book
My review of Archbishop Charles Chaput's new book, Strangers in a Strange Land: Living the Faith in a Post-Christian World, is up at The Federalist today. Here is the link, and here is an excerpt: Chaput repeatedly refers to the Supreme Court’s lawless decision in Obergefell v. Hodges as a watershed moment, but it seems clear from his litany of evils that the walls have been closing on American Catholics in for years. Obergefell was thus not a radical transformation of the American order, but the culmination of a culture that has been transforming for a long time now. After all, as Chaput writes, “Culture precedes and informs politics. And American culture has moved miles from the assumptions of the Founders.”