Beyond Apocalypse: Believing in Cultural Restoration, by Walker Larson
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By Walker Larson, Crisis Magazine, July 17, 2025
Prior to becoming a freelance writer, Walker Larson taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin, where he resides with his wife and daughter. He holds a master’s in English literature and language, and his writing has appeared in over a dozen publications, including The Hemingway Review, The Epoch Times, and his Substack, The Hazelnut. He is also the author of two novels, Hologram and Song of Spheres.
It is easy to diagnose our problems, especially when faced with a culture as unhealthy as ours. It is much harder to prescribe a cure. But that’s our most important work.
In the past, I’ve written a good deal of criticism of the contemporary culture in which I live. I believe such criticism is not only warranted but important and necessary. At the same time, criticism and critique should never be an end point but, rather, a starting point. Let me indulge in one more critique: I fear that, too often, commentators on what we might call the “conservative” or “traditionally-minded” side of things—and these are somewhat inexact terms—fall into a habit of diagnosing problems without pointing toward any solutions. It is easy to diagnose, especially when faced with a culture as unhealthy as ours. It is much harder to prescribe a cure. But that’s our most important work. No one would pay a doctor who merely diagnosed disease and never healed anyone.Related posts
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