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So what is Catholic Transcendentalism anyway?
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America’s Need for Self-Transcendence.
This is a comment I made on Facebook to a liberal friend of mine who was marveling at the crowd size of the protest marches. I’m posting it here because I think it helps to explain the mission of this website, and the transcendentalist nature of that mission. Here it is: The crowds are truly […]
Read More…Introducing the New Walden Book Club
First off, I want to apologize for not updating my blog recently. The problem is not for lack of material, if that’s what you’re thinking. Quite the opposite—I am overwhelmed with material. I think I have over 150 rough drafts waiting to be published right now. The times, they are a changin’, and faster than […]
Read More…Best Version, part 2: The Problem with Steven “Pollyanna” Pinker and the Emersonians
In my previous post, I discussed the idea of being “the best version of yourself.” My main point was that we all believe in this idea in some form; that’s why the ritual of making New Year’s resolutions is so popular. And if we take the idea seriously that there is a best version of […]
Read More…New Walden’s Mission
What America needs most desperately is a spiritual revival. This is the mission of New Walden. The name of our website comes from Henry David Thoreau’s famous book and so suggests that the Transcendentalists serve as an important inspiration for this mission. They play this important role not because they are any more infallible than […]
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