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The Twin Plights of Religion and of the Humanities, by David G Bonagura, Jr. – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

The Twin Plights of Religion and of the Humanities, by David G Bonagura, Jr.

Fr. David Nix: Islam Is Now Growing Faster Than Christianity.

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Screenshot. The Triumph of Christianity over Paganism by Gustave Doré, 1868 [Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario]

By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing, June 21, 2025

David G. Bonagura, Jr. is the author, most recently, of 100 Tough Questions for Catholics: Common Obstacles to Faith Today, and the translator of Jerome’s Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning. An adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s Seminary and Catholic International University, he serves as the religion editor of The University Bookman, a review of books founded in 1960 by Russell Kirk. His personal website is here.

Note: The Faith has survived the collapse of whole cultures, indeed whole civilizations. It’s not something, however, anyone should want to try again. Which is why at The Catholic Thing, under the canopy of our parent organization, the Faith & Reason Institute, we strive to preserve both our spiritual and cultural heritage. David Bonagura makes the case for this dual approach succinctly today. Personally, I believe that it’s only efforts like ours, and by many other actors working towards these common goals, that may save what’s left of our culture and nation. It’s not an easy struggle, but we’re in it for the long haul. Are you? If so, it’s time to show your support. You know how. – Robert Royal

It is old news that the practice of Christianity and the study of the humanities have been declining for decades. Their falls, however, are rarely considered together. One has not caused the collapse of the other. The two are suffering because the spirit of our age despises the goal they share – the shaping of the human mind and soul for transcendent goods. Tracing their twin plights illuminates their virtues and the crippling worldliness that undermines them as lights on our journey to God.

Technology is usually the first factor to receive blame for keeping people home from church and from reading books. To be sure, the immediacy of smartphone entertainment drains the will of a desire to search for the invisible God and to read, think, and imagine. Yet churches were emptying, and liberal arts students were disappearing before the Internet was born. Limitless technology has deepened and accelerated the trend that predated it. …

The Twin Plights of Religion and of the Humanities, by David G Bonagura, Jr.

Fr. David Nix: Islam Is Now Growing Faster Than Christianity.

Stephen Miller Demolishes Democrats’ Talking Points Pleading for Endless Illegal Labor, by Neil Munro

By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing, June 21, 2025

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