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Entry: Postmodern, Not Hypermodern: Russell Kirk Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/postmodern_not_hypermodern_russell_kirk#14172 Post contents: Wesley McDonald is dragging in that old Protestant polemic about grace and works. Catholics are Bible Christians. They believe the words of Jesus in the sixth chapter of the Gospel according to John. Literally. And they obey. You may condescend all you like to those Christians who believe and obey and you may insist that there is nothing strange about promoting the belief without caring to avail yourself of the Body and Blood of the Lord. But it <i>is</i> strange. And tragic. It is to cry Lord, Lord, and turn your back on the personal relationship that even Protestants admit it's all about. To promote religious belief without acting as if it were true is, for lack of a better word, neoconnery. It troubled me no end to find RK, in <i>Sword</i> expressing himself in a way that at the very least allowed for that interpretation. I was relieved this morning to learn that this wasn't the full story. But it is as if Kirk, to play his role as guru in chief of the traditional wing of the conservative movement, had to soft pedal the faith. Sent at: 2008 07 09