Poetry: The Grammar of Becoming
The Grammar of Becoming Alone – I become: I (am) Only as I am You to another. I am not until You…
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Review: Roger Scruton’s ‘Soul of the World’
Roger Scruton. The Soul of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, viii + 205 pp., $27.95 cloth. In this, the forty-first text of…
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Shining Light on Suffering: A Theology of Scars
It is often argued that we are what we read. According to a study conducted by a professor at Dartmouth, the books we read…
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Achtung Baby: How to Live in an Age of Distraction
When a monk asks you a question, it’s generally wise to listen. I learned this lesson on my annual silent retreat at the monastery…
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On Wittgenstein, Metaphor & God-Talk, or How a Love for Whisky Can Make You a Better Theologian
In a famous passage from his Philosophical Investigations, Ludwig Wittgenstein explores a limitation of language: “Describe the aroma of coffee. Why can’t it be…
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What the Resurrection Requires: The Via Crucis
Expressing his desire to paint a crucifixion scene, Édouard Manet once heralded the depth and power of the cross as a symbol: “The Crucifixion,…
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From Dust to Dust…to Dust
After tracing the scattered trail of “dust” through the Scriptures, I’ve come to think that many of us have got Lent only half right….
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Bowing Toward Beauty
One of the more subtle assumptions being made today within theology is the belief that anyone who lacks an appreciation for beauty must be in…
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Reflecting Calvary: What it Means to be Truly Human
What does it mean to be truly human? Such a query provokes a host of diverging responses ranging from the empiricist’s “propagation of the…
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