What It Means to Be an Imaginative Conservative - The Imaginative Conservative

What It Means to Be an Imaginative Conservative - The Imaginative Conservative

If culture can neither thrive nor survive without religion, then a cultural conservative, which Russell Kirk claims is the most imaginative of conservatives, must fight to preserve the religious foundations of his culture. Apropos of the title of this online journal, I think it appropriate to offer a few Russell Kirk—inspired refections as to what it means to be an “imaginative conservative.” In his essay, “The Cultural Conservative,” found in P…