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The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone.
Dear Tories,
At the Tory and as conservatives, we have a defined epistemological position. We believe that tradition is collected wisdom that has stood the test of time. Though not all of us identify with Edmond Burke, the Tory was founded in 1984 as a Burkean institution. On this topic, Edmond Burke once wrote “People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.” Tradition is not just in our blood; I argue that it is our blood.
That brings us to our Religion Issue. Whether you are a person of faith — or in the Jewish tradition, a person of practice — religion still contains a truth. Religion is tradition. For many of us here, it also contains “capital T” Truth. Nothing, then, is more deserving of our fascination and opinions than religion.
But what does it mean to have a Religion Edition? What does religion have to do with our time on campus, with our politics? Well, if religion contains the Truth, then it has everything to do with our time on campus and politics. Do our classes presuppose religion as archaic and unenlightened? Does our campus respect religion as it does other accounts of human existence — for instance, the Woke account? On politics, how can we compartmentalize the Truth from our voting? Why might you argue for or against a “neutral” public morality? These are questions — and so much more — that we have tackled in our religion issue.
Adam Hoffman
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