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Hugh Hefner, the Logic of Porn, and the Homosexualization of Sex


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 02 Oct 2017   Posted by Alastair Roberts

After the death of Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine, many people have been reflecting upon his cultural significance. Several of us recalled an especially powerful piece on Hefner from 2003 by Read Mercer Schuchardt. Christianity Today later published the piece here. Having read the original...

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Men, Women, and the Nature of Christian Teaching: Two Responses to Aimee Byrd


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 15 Sep 2016   Posted by Alastair Roberts

Since our founding, TCI has been committed to affirming the natural family and varieties of "household economics" as essential components to any sort of Christian political vision.  Given the confusions of our day, this has required us to interact with both the push for modern egalitarianism and the reactionary...

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Natural Complementarians: Men, Women, and the Way Things Are


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 13 Sep 2016   Posted by Alastair Roberts

A striking feature of modern Christian gender debates is how extensively the tenets of social constructivism have unwittingly been imbibed, by the very people who might claim to be its staunch opponents. Even in arguments from the most conservative quarters, there is a remarkable forgetfulness or neglect...

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Can Arguments Against Gay Marriage Be Persuasive?


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 15 Mar 2013   Posted by Alastair Roberts

Dr Leithart has kindly responded to my post (which can be found here) on the use of natural law in the same-sex marriage debate. The following comments outline my position on natural law in a little more detail and describe some of the concerns that I have with his position. (more…)

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Why Arguments Against Gay Marriage Are Usually Bad


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 10 Mar 2013   Posted by Alastair Roberts

In a recent post, Peter Leithart reflects upon the debate between Douglas Wilson and Andrew Sullivan on same-sex marriage. Observing the increasing inability of Christian arguments to gain purchase upon the public’s imagination, he wonders how arguments against same-sex marriage might become persuasive...

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