"[David Gushee] identifies 'authoritarian reactionary Christianity' as the primary cause of global democratic backsliding.
That’s because we are witnessing yet another wave of a secular revolution that has been a feature of Western civilization since the dawn of the enlightenment in the 17th century."
Xfce 4 and other Linux desktop managers are popular because of their user-friendly interface and efficient performance, especially RAM usage. Which desktop manager do you use on #Linux?
In The Dream of Enlightenment, Gottlieb expertly navigates a second great explosion of thought, taking us to northern Europe in the wake of its wars of religion and the rise of Galilean science. In a relatively short period—from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution—Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their mark.
The second decade of the 21st century is truly a bounteous time. My backyard has produced a bumper crop of an invasive species of mosquito that is genuinely innovative: rather than confining itself to biting in the dusk and dawn golden hours, these stinging clouds of flying vampires bite at every hour that God sends:
That's where medievalist @DrEleanorJanega comes in, and her "Against Voltaire, or, the shortest possible introduction to the Holy Roman Empire" is a banger:
Now, while it's true that #Enlightenment thinkers gave medieval times a bum rap, it's likewise true that a key element of Enlightenment justice is #transparency: justice being done, and being seen to be done.