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A Christian Consideration of Critical Theory, by Carl E. Olson – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

A Christian Consideration of Critical Theory, by Carl E. Olson

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Left to right: Karl Marx, Herbert Marcuse, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel, Judith Butler, and Theodor W. Adorno. (Images: Wikipedia)

By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report, July 17, 2025

Carl E. Olson is editor of Catholic World Report and Ignatius Insight. He is the author of Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?, Will Catholics Be “Left Behind”?, co-editor/contributor to Called To Be the Children of God, co-author of The Da Vinci Hoax (Ignatius), and author of the “Catholicism” and “Priest Prophet King” Study Guides for Bishop Robert Barron/Word on Fire. …

Today, critical theory is largely detached from old-style Marxist thinking about economic class…” says Carl R. Trueman. “Thus, the ideology of culture and the ethos of the technological world are symbiotic in creating a world of flux.”

In Carl R. Trueman’s most recent book, titled To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory From Marx to Marcuse (B&H Academic, 2024), the noted scholar and author hones in on the much-discussed but not always well-understood history, foundations, and goals of critical theory.

In doing so, Trueman avoids polemics and hyperbole; rather than looking to argue, he seeks to understand. Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., in endorsing the book as “an essential read,” likens Trueman’s work to that of C.S. Lewis and says this book “is a brilliant exploration of critical theory and its impact on the central question we now face as a society: Who and what is a human being?” …

A Christian Consideration of Critical Theory, by Carl E. Olson

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: I Desire Mercy and Not Sacrifice

Defending Martha, by Joannie Watson

By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report, July 17, 2025

Today, critical theory is largely detached from old-style Marxist thinking about economic class…” says Carl R. Trueman. “Thus, the ideology of culture and the ethos of the technological world are symbiotic in creating a world of flux.”

In Carl R. Trueman’s most recent book, titled To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory From Marx to Marcuse (B&H Academic, 2024), the noted scholar and author hones in on the much-discussed but not always well-understood history, foundations, and goals of critical theory.

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