All Things Rhapsodical

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Wokeism as godless, anti-ascetic neo-Puritanism

Wokeism as godless, anti-ascetic neo-Puritanism

The new semester begins, and I take up my sword once more...

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Alexander Riley
Sep 02, 2022
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This just up at The Postil.

I wrote this a few years ago and then it sat around for a while while I was busy with other things. If I were to write it again today, I’d perhaps change some things, but I still think the parallel is “good for thinking” even if there are plenty of problems in the comparison. (Yes, God and asceticism are pretty important comp…

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