One of the books I often recommend to readers is 2009’s The Wayfinders, which is the published collection of anthropologist Wade Davis’s Massey lectures. In those lectures — which is to say, in that ...

In the jungles of Brazil, some tribes kill children who are disabled, who were born to single mothers, and who are twins. The Brazilian legislature is considering a bill outlawing these practices. But ...

Aside from a small assortment of political extremists, religious fanatics, and rabid ideologues, few today are more certain of their position, or less open to the views of others, than those who ...

In the early 1970s, renowned anthropologist Clifford Geertz published his most influential book, The Interpretation of Cultures. The book was widely read throughout the social sciences and humanities, ...

Four years before he was hoisted to Speaker of the House, a smooth-faced Representative Paul Ryan declared, “If you ask me what the biggest problem in America is, I’m not going to tell you debt, ...

What does cultural relativism have to do with biblical teaching? How has it infiltrated and corrupted the church? How should Christian’s respond when the Scriptures are twisted to fit the culture? A ...

This comment was from RLN on the post Headscarves and Men Holding Hands: Coming Out as a Cultural Relativist In philosophical circles, “moral relativism” is a theory that entails that if you think “We ...

De auteur reageert op de drie commentaren en verdedigt zijn opvatting dat culturele sensitiviteit in psychiatrisch werk niet gelijkstaat aan cultureel relativisme. Hij houdt vervolgens een pleidooi ...

We live in a culture in which people brag about their enlightenment. The logic for this self-delight is surprisingly thin. There is the fallacy of progress, of course, which leads us to assume that ...

To round out my recent discussion of Protestantism and private judgment, I think it will be helpful to say something about the strong connection between Protestantism and the rise of relativism. There ...

Supporters of President Donald Trump join in prayer outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington Jan. 6, 2021, where U.S. Congress will meet in joint session to certify the Electoral College vote for ...

If relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and [for] men who claim to be bearers of an external objective truth, then there is nothing more relativistic than fascist attitudes. —Benito ...