But another quotation I found even more interesting:
neoconservatism was the final stop of an ideological journey for a group of New York intellectuals, typically the children of Jewish immigrants, that began during the early 1940s in Alcove 1 of the cafeteria at City College. Alcove 1 was the gathering place for a group of brilliant young Trotskyists that included Irving Kristol, Seymour Martin Lipset, Nathan Glazer and Melvin Lasky. Along with Irving Howe, who would later break with Trotskyism but not with the left, and Daniel Bell, who never accepted Marxist orthodoxies in any form, the Alcove 1 Trotskyists waged intellectual battle with the Stalinists in Alcove 2, who vastly outnumbered them.
Mark, I was reading your earlier post on Law & Gospel. I think you’re right on. I’m content to affirm that the “Law of faith” and “Law of Christ” are synonomous with the “Gospel of Christ.” In this era of the “Law of the Spirit of Life”, I don’t see any difference in this understanding of Law from the Gospel. His Law even proclaims His grace. His Gospel even demands obedience. Jesus’ Gospel is His Law. Would you agree? If not why?
Thank You.