Good Books and Good Talk By Victor Lee Austin "Put the oil where the squeak is” can guide adult Christian education programs. What’s squeaking in 2023? In my view it is theological anthropology, the Christian understanding of human ... Read More...
Why Atheism Kills Community David Goodhew Atheism kills community. Secularism has risen in the West, alongside acute loneliness and the hollowing out of many communal practices. This is not a coincidence. This article explores athei... Read More...
Defending the Inward Turn A Critical Review of Carl Trueman’s The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self In an early scene in “The Foundling,” episode four of The Mandalorian’s third season, the mysterious character known as “The Armorer”... Read More...
Coleridge: The Vocation of the Cinephile; An Opera About Palestrina; Music and Silence Coleridge is a monthly digest of significant developments in theology and the arts. By Ben Lima Music Deal Hudson interviews poet Dana Gioia about his collaboration with composer Sir James MacMillan on th... Read More...
Henri de Lubac: Mystical Theologian This essay is excerpted from chapter three of Salvation in Henri de Lubac: Divine Grace, Human Nature, and the Mystery of the Cross, which is now available for purchase and is posted with permission of the Univ... Read More...
The Dangers of Subculture By Sarah Puryear The recent Amazon Prime documentary Shiny Happy People is a devastating and incisive examination of the form of Christianity followed by the Duggar family and millions of other fundamentalis... Read More...
John Goodenough, Nobel Laureate and Witness to Grace By Jeffrey M. Kirk There was an interesting obituary June 27 in The New York Times: “John Goodenough, Who Changed World with Lithium Ions, Dies at 100.” Robert D. McFadden wrote: A devoted Episcopalian, Dr.... Read More...
Baseball, Leisure, and the Liturgy By Mark Michael I went to a baseball game last Saturday, in the company of some of the people I love most. It was a beautiful evening, and I loved hearing the crack of the bat again. But I also felt like Rip... Read More...