Culture
Articles addressing the mainstream culture and status quo through the lens of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful
Personalism is the philosophical response to the individualism and the collectivism that brought Western societies in the last century further away from God. Personalism basically says that each human person is alteri incommunicabilis, inherently unique and self-determining, with a dignity of deserving nothing less than love. Personalism says that the person is an end in himself or herself, and that the person is a good towards which the only proper and adequate attitude is love. Personalism beautifully addresses the truth of our humanity via faith and reason, and can thus be understood in Christian circles and secular circles alike.
Le Nouvel Esprit strives to contribute to the New Evangelization by sharing the truth of personalism regarding mainstream culture, which is paradoxically susceptible to both individualism and collectivism.
Articles
Would You Vote for a Racist Candidate?
The political and moral tug of war within Christian circles continues amid the 2020 Presidential Elections, due to one of the most conspicuous presidencies in U.S. history. This article addresses the ongoing moral debate of who to vote for president.
By Guillermo Moreno
4/19/2020
Categories:
Current Events, Politics
The Clues to the Culture of Life
The term "culture of life" is predominantly used in opposition to abortion, but it is not limited to it. This article addresses how nature and faith show that we are all called to love. In so doing, persons are respected according to their respective dignity as man and woman. This culture is one that lives according to God's design and according to what God says, and the people of this culture attain the peace and joy that can only come from Him.
By Guillermo Moreno
6/3/2020
Categories:
Relationships
The Faithful Catholic Responses to Traditionis Custodes
Amidst the controversy surrounding Pope Francis's motu propio on the Latin Mass, Catholics can have numerous responses but only some of which express fidelity to the Church. This article examines Traditionis Custodes, and gives a Catholic response to it in light of the cultures of TLM and NO Catholics.
By Guillermo Moreno
8/14/2021
Categories:
Current Events, Liturgy
Cover in Ashes: An Alleged New Message from an Approved Marian Visionary
In 1973, Our Lady appeared to Sister Agnes Sasagawa in Akita, Japan, and revealed to her a message of a great chastisement if humanity does not repent and turn to God. In 2019, Sister Agnes has allegedly received a new message that seems to allude to a catastrophic event within forty days if humanity does not repent. Some believe this chastisement is the COVID pandemic. The purpose of this article is to review the Akita messages and this COVID interpretation.
By Guillermo Moreno
4/11/2021
Categories:
Current Events, Apparitions
George Floyd and the Riots
The author claims that the real problem blacks face today is not police brutality itself, even though this is a problem that needs to be addressed, but rather that what we are witnessing is a manifestation of the end towards which a culture progresses to when it has abandoned God and embraced the culture of death.
By Jeremy Hausotter
6/3/2020
Categories:
Current Events, Politics
Theocratic Propaganda: Introduction
Theocracy occurs when religion and politics are confused. Theocratic propaganda uses religion to coerce individuals into a political ideology where religion governs polity, as if the government of this world is the point of God's revelation. This article is the beginning of the dissection of the natures of political governance and ecclesiastical authority, and the temptation of political messiahship as a manifestation of the Culture of Death.
By Guillermo Moreno
7/4/2020
Categories:
Politics
Theocratic Propaganda Ch 1: What Do We Mean by 'Religion'?
This article addresses what we generally mean when we say the word, ‘religion.’ This is a necessary first step towards confirming that we have the same definitions when it comes to key terms about a certain topic: in this case, ‘religion.’ Here, we address the fact that people of different religions have different sets of beliefs, especially differentiating the cosmic religions from those of Biblical origins.
By Guillermo Moreno
12/12/2021
Categories:
Politics
The Brutalization of Man Through Art
There are two societies: the saints and the damned. From these two societies comes two cultural worldviews with their own cultural products. Today we face this clash of cultures due to the brutalization of man through art.
By Jeremy Hausotter
12/12/2021
Categories:
Aesthetics
Date Differently: A Review on The Dating Project
A direly needed documentary for our time, The Dating Project offers a critique of the hook-up culture. It proposes to viewers traditional dating as the solution to the hook-up culture. Following the lives of five singles, this film engages the questions of love and relationships, and answers with a message of truth and hope for those seeking marriage. Family-friendly and faith-friendly, The Dating Project is a must see for all young adults.
By Guillermo Moreno
2/14/2021
Categories:
Film Review, Relationships
On the Marvel Films
The Marvel films are an unparalleled cinematographic event that has become a financial powerhouse with 23 movies and more upcoming. It is good to stop in the midst of its dazzle and action scenes to ask: what does the MCU have to say about the world? Every piece of art or those which claim to be art speaks about the world and the MCU films are no different. This article examines the themes of God, morality, race, metaphysics, and the occult as depicted in the films.
By Jeremy Hausotter
7/28/2020
Categories:
Film Review
The New Revolution: A Summary of Unprotected
Decades after the beginning of the sexual revolution, mainstream culture has inarguably become toxic for women. Featuring an ensemble cast of faithful Catholic authors, professors, and public figures, Unprotected addresses the origin of this toxicity, its effects, and the cure, always referring to the truth about the Church’s teaching on sexual morality based on revelation and nature as God created it, and how it all comes together in our experiences as fallen persons called to sanctity particularly in this day and age. This documentary is a must watch as a first step towards understanding authentic women’s empowerment and towards the new revolution.
By Guillermo Moreno
10/3/2021
Categories:
Film Review, Relationships, Current Events
On Mowing Your Lawn
In this brief article the author meditates upon mowing one's lawn as a duty of men. Men are called to be the protector of the home as husbands and fathers. Mowing the lawn is one way men participate in God's Providential ordering of the universe.
By Jeremy Hausotter
5/16/2021
Categories:
Meditation