If William and Kate beget a girl, she would now be guaranteed a direct line to the throne. But do the British actually know how to judge their tradition?

Bryan Wandel “That Philip Rieff was a great scourge is plain.” Moral Demand Systems and their Assailants Philip Rieff was a sociologist. Though his 2006 obituaries described a range of abilities – theology, psychology, philosophy – that sociological tread defined the cultural diagnosis he masterfully limned. To Rieff, “moral demand systems” are the content and [...]

Mark Olson at the First Things Evangel blog wonders how Genesis 6-9 would look in a parallel Bible, with the New Individualistic Version side-by-side with an old Honor and Shame Edition. Do anthropological differences between our individualistic/wealth driven culture and the honor/shame culture of the Middle East (throughout the ages) matter when reading text? Take for [...]

The New York Times has published an article called “Guilt and Atonement on the Path to Adulthood,” mainly about some University of Iowa research on guilt in children. How people feel guilt, and what they do with it, is of course one of the most important indicators of culture. Furthermore, the article gives us a [...]