This explains why Haight, to paraphrase his own theology, has become a “symbol” and “mediation” of the struggle against the dictatorship of relativism – and why the theology of religions ...

The core of Allan Bloom’s 1987 book The Closing of the American Mind, a complaint about the nature of higher education, is an argument against cultural relativism. “There is one thing a ...

Relativism, based on the word “relation,” has much to commend it in theology as in all else. It recognizes that things have to be set in relation, whether to other things or to the observer or ...

Cultural Relativism—An anthropological term that can best be defined as follows: An individual's actions, behaviors and beliefs can be understood only in terms of the culture from which he or ...

Roman Catholics in the United States who frequently use the expressions “culture of death” and “dictatorship of relativism” increasingly inhabit—and have helped to build—a world that ...

Then he dives deeper into a discussion on practical relativism. Francis writes: "When human beings place themselves at the centre, they give absolute priority to immediate convenience and all else ...

"Isn't all morality relative?" I often get this question from students, as there seems to be a fairly pervasive acceptance of moral relativism in much of our culture these days. However ...

This is a warning that Pope Benedict has not tired of repeating during his pontificate. Relativism is a poison. It attacks our most human capacity, the capacity to seek and know the truth ...