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Latest Articles

Reflections on Peter Singer

Dec 3, 2002

An interesting article/interview with Peter Singer appeared in the December 1 Sunday Age. Entitled, “In a softer light,” the sympathetic article tried to portray the bioethicist, animal libber and pro-abortionist as perhaps becoming a bit softer in his old

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Faith is Not Dead Yet

Dec 3, 2002

The Melbourne Age’s regular anti-religion writer, Pamela Bone has issued another salvo against faith. Entitled “The most dangerous force in the world,” (Nov. 30), the militant secularist again wages war against those who think differently than her. She undoubtedly believes

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A review of Answering Islam, updated and revised. By Norman Geisler and Abdul Saleeb.

Nov 21, 2002

Baker Books, 1993, 2002.

Norman Geisler is one of America’s leading Christian apologists. He is also one of the most prolific, with well over sixty titles to his name. In this volume he teams up with a former Muslim to

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A review of How to Win the Culture War. By Peter Kreeft.

Nov 19, 2002

InterVarsity Press, 2002.

Peter Kreeft is a respected philosophy professor at Boston College. He has written many influential books, and is in many ways a Catholic version of C.S. Lewis. That is, he is an indefatigable apologist for the Christian

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A review of Militant Islam Reaches America. By Daniel Pipes.

Nov 19, 2002

Norton, 2002.

In this volume Middle East expert Daniel Pipes looks at the changing world since September 11. While some of the essays here were penned before that tragedy, all deal with the rise of Muslim militancy, and how the

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A review of Rethinking Peter Singer. Edited by Gordon Preece.

Nov 15, 2002

InterVarsity Press, 2002.

“Since neither a newborn human infant nor a fish is a person, the wrongness of killing such beings is not as great as the wrongness of killing a person.”

“…regarding a newborn infant as not having the

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Breaking Through the Pink Curtain

Nov 14, 2002

There are certain taboo subjects which in an age of Political Correctness are pretty much guaranteed never to see the light of day. Many such topics come to mind. But the most obvious candidate is homosexuality and anything even remotely

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A review of Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity. By Leon Kass.

Oct 27, 2002

Encounter Books, 2002.

The rapid growth in biotechnology has seen a corresponding growth in bioethics. Unfortunately, however, many bio-ethicists have become handmaidens to Big Biotech. The twin towers of technology and money have led many to abandon genuine independent ethical

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Labor’s Drug Policy

Oct 22, 2002

The push by the Labor Government to soften Victorians up to a permissive policy on drugs has gone quiet lately (except for a major blunder by the Consumer Affairs Minister – more on that in a moment). But that is

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A review of Marriage: Just a Piece of Paper? Edited by Katherine Anderson, et. al.

Oct 18, 2002

Eerdmans, 2002.

On Valentines Day 2002 the PBS in America featured a one-hour documentary examining the status of marriage and family. This is the companion volume to that film, featuring leading marriage and family experts along with the stories, testimonials

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A review of Bio-Engagement: Making a Christian Difference Through Bioethics Today. Edited by Nigel de S. Cameron, et. al.

Oct 17, 2002

Eerdmans, 2000.

Bio-ethics is a new and burgeoning field, affecting all of us. Issues like human cloning, genetic engineering, assisted reproductive technologies, genetically modified foods, and embryo research are just some of the contentious areas which are making an impact

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Islamic Persecution of Christians

Oct 7, 2002

There are some fundamental differences between Islam and Christianity. For example, it could be argued that if a Christian kills a non-Christian in the name of Christ, he is acting against the fundamental tenets of the Christian faith. However, if

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The Paid Maternity Leave Debate

Aug 29, 2002

Should we institute a scheme of paid maternity leave? I am going to argue neither for the affirmative, nor for the negative. Instead, I will seek to argue for a third way. The third way I propose is fairly straight-forward:

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A review of Cutting-Edge Bioethics. Edited by John Kilner, et. al.

Jul 31, 2002

Eerdmans, 2002.

One of the areas of greatest growth and expansion in recent times is that of biotechnology. New developments are taking place almost weekly, and there is enormous potential for profitability. In many ways biotech has outstripped computer and

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A review of Why You Can’t Stay Silent. By Tom Minnery.

Jul 26, 2002

Tyndale House, 2001.

As the days grow darker and it appears that the Christian faith is taking a beating in many parts of the world, there seem to be two reactions by believers. One is to go into panic mode,

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A review of Baby Hunger: The New Battle for Motherhood. By Sylvia Ann Hewlett.

Jul 24, 2002

Atlantic Books, 2002.

Throughout much of the Western world, women are putting marriage and family on hold, while seeking to establish a career. A mate and children are still desirable goals for most women, but they are being pushed to

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Politically Correct Children

Jul 19, 2002

The forces of PC are ever at work, ensuring that all of us – young and old – keep on the straight and narrow of right thinking and right practice. An interesting illustration of this took place recently when it

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Science, Ethics and the Media

Jul 1, 2002

There has been a noticeable shift over the past fifty years concerning those whom society, and the media, look to as authority figures, as sources of truth and values. For centuries pastors and priests were seen as sources of

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A review of Marriage, Health and the Professions. Edited by John Wall, et. al.

Jun 28, 2002

Eerdmans, 2002.

What are the social, legal, medical and psychological implications of the fact that marriage is good for you? This collection of essays seeks to answer that question.

The social sciences have make it quite clear that marriage confers

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About CultureWatch

We live in an age where we see evidence of cultural decline, the erosion of values, the decline of civility, the denial of truth and the elevation of unreason. Many people are asking, “Where is our culture heading?” This website is devoted to exploring the major cultural, social and political issues of the day. It offers reflection and commentary drawing upon the wealth of wisdom found in the Judeo-Christian tradition. It offers reflective and incisive commentary on a wide range of issues, helping to sort through the maze of competing opinions, worldviews, ideologies and value systems. It will discuss critically and soberly where our culture is heading. Happy reading!

Bill Muehlenberg

Bill Muehlenberg