by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D
Published by ToTheSource.org December 13, 2006.
By now the whole world knows that the authorities of the SeaTac airport removed about a dozen Christmas trees in the dead of night. The Port of Seattle Commission feared a lawsuit from a local rabbi if they did not remove the trees. And they feared the indignation of the public if they did remove them. Hence, the graveyard shift workers took the trees down when no one would notice. (more…)
by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D
Published at ToTheSource.org October 11, 2006.
Is Jesus Camp an anti-Christian film?
Film makers, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, plainly intended the average non-churched person to identify with the fears of liberal commentator, Mike Papantonio. The viewer is supposed to find the Christians “scary,” in spite of the film makers’ professed fondness for Pentecostal children’s minister Becky Fischer, who is the primary subject of the movie. (more…)
by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D
Published at ToTheSource.org August 2, 2006.
The founder of Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, revolutionized the family when he proposed lifelong monogamy as the moral ideal for marriage. Prohibiting divorce was a radical step in the ancient world, as the astonished reactions of Jesus’ disciples clearly shows. Yet this norm was the first step in equalizing the relationship between men and women, and indeed, among men. For each man, no matter how wealthy, could have one and only one wife. No man, no matter how powerful, could discard his wife. It is no exaggeration to say that the marriage norm of lifelong monogamy instituted by Jesus, laid the foundation for the many of the most distinctive features of Western society. (more…)
by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D
Published at ToTheSource.org June 14, 2006.
Since feminism promised to usher in the New Age of Equality, today’s men hardly know how to be men, husbands and fathers. And today’s women hardly know how to appreciate and encourage their men. Harvey Mansfield’s fine new book, Manliness, attempts to deal with this gender confusion. (more…)
by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D
Published at ToTheSource.org April 4, 2006.
What is the future of marriage? To answer this question, we have to first know what marriage is. I define marriage as society’s approved and preferred institution for sexual activity and child-rearing. The new trend in marriage law is to claim that there should not be any legal or social preference among sexual and child-rearing arrangements. No one form of relationship should be “privileged” over the others. This is, by definition, the end of marriage as an institution. (more…)
