C.R. Wiley's Blog

In my last post I introduced the first part of a statement that justifies a need for a study center that I am working on with two friends. In that post I described the dire need, and the first movement towards a response. What we’re calling for is a recovery of the Christian doctrine of […]

Well, I’m back. Sorry for the long absence. I was pretty busy, first preparing to deliver a talk at a conference sponsored by Touchstone Magazine back in October. And then by a book I just finished writing that is based on that talk. I’m happy to announce that Canon Press will publish the book in […]

The good folks at CrossPolitic just published an essay of mine. Here’s how it starts, the link below will take you to the rest of it. Please check out the work of CrossPolitic while you’re there. A lot of ink has been spilled on the subject of fragility, particularly when it comes to young people—you […]

I have known a number of unhappy single Christian women over the years. Many of them are at a loss. Why can’t they find a man who will take a healthy interest in them? In my experience the women I’m thinking about don’t understand men, and they tend to be surprisingly uninterested in learning about […]

It would be amusing if it were not so diabolical. The people who control our universities, our media, and our government bureaucracies now feign victimhood. They are la resistance–the resistance. This is the way evil works: it mislabels things. Up becomes down, right becomes wrong, good becomes evil, and the people who run things become […]

Today I recommend to you a book for new parents, and maybe not so new parents. It is entitled, Why Children Matter, by Doug Wilson. First, a disclosure. Doug favorably reviewed my recent book, Man of the House, on his Plodcast, podcast. But even if he had panned my book, I’d still recommend his book, […]

For those folks who enjoy podcasts, allow me to recommend The Chris Craft Show. Of course, this is a little self-serving. I’ve been on the show a couple of times. But I’ve enjoyed my conversations with Chris and he’s had a nice range of guests. So if you’re into this sort of thing, you should […]

Generally speaking, evangelicals believe you can separate form from content. You can take meaning—what I mean by content—and place it in just about any container without losing something. John 3:16 works just as well scribbled on a beach-ball surrounded by lotioned bodies, as it does when it is printed in a book surrounded by the […]

Since I write about men and functional-manhood, especially in connection with the recovery of the household economy, I am regularly asked about my views on women. Generally speaking I pass on the subject. One reason is I believe in the power of the sexes to bring about change unilaterally. This is something women used to […]

Here are some sightings of yours truly at First Things and at Touchstone–a couple of my favorite journals. I was honored to be asked to write the following piece for First Things by the editors there–Mark Bauerlein and Rusty Reno. I’ve been even happier with the reception, which has been favorable. As a result I’ve […]