Casey Chalk received a masters in theology from the Notre Dame Graduate School of Theology at Christendom College, and a is regular contributor at The American Conservative and New Oxford Review. He received a B.A. in history and a masters in teaching from the University of Virginia.
Russia is no "Christian powerhouse." That narrative is little more than an easily falsifiable propaganda campaign by its kleptocratic governing class. Russia struggles not only to preserve its ancient faith tradition - in spite of significant government expenditures to the Orthodox Church - but also to protect and preserve its families in the face of substance abuse, domestic violence, and unmitigated cronyism.
Date posted: 2022-03-05
Given modernity's inability to realize Augustine's thesis of the necessity of a common love, we have two options: we must either reject a universal socio-political vision as entirely unworkable, or the world - or at least the West - must learn again that a transcendent foundation and telos are essential to political order.
Date posted: 2021-08-18
Against the failed hopes of the Enlightenment, scientism, and modernism, Josef Pieper calls us to embrace a hope that transcends the physical and political world.
Date posted: 2021-01-30
A great irony of the Jewish and Christian faith traditions: One must be willing to accept suffering and sacrifice for a greater purpose that transcends one's particular material and sensual needs and desires. Counter-intuitively, it is these transcendent qualities of faith that eschew utilitarian aims for a greater purpose that create the circumstances for greater material well-being.
Date posted: 2020-06-14