Review: God in the Enlightenment
God in the Enlightenment, ed. William J. Bulman and Robert G. Ingram, (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016) pp. 322. £22.99/$34.95 In the wake of…
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Who is to Blame for the Post-Truth Era? I am
In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that…
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“Play this Song, DJ, Maybe We Can Change the World”
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 was a monumental day. It was the day America elected Barack Obama as the first African-American President of the United…
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Review: The Pathos of the Cross
Richard Viladesau. The Pathos of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts—The Baroque Era. Oxford, UK—New York, NY: Oxford University…
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Review: Culture Care
Makoto Fujimura, Peter Edman (Editor), Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for our Common Life, International Arts Movement and the Fujimura Institute, 2015, 124. pps.,…
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Review: Breaking Old Rhythms
Amena Brown, Breaking Old Rhythms: Answering the Call of a Creative God, Intervarsity Press, 2013, 144. pps., $10 / £6.30. “We are God’s poetry….
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“Mark You, Something Decisive Has Been Lost”: Reading Romano Guardini Today
A pivotal figure of Ressourcement, the spiritual and intellectual movement that rose within French- and German-speaking Catholic academia between 1930 and 1950, was the…
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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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Heaven Is a Place on Earth: Finding the Sacred in the Secular
I grew up in a church that had only traditional worship—and I loved it. As I got older, I remained loyal to Newton, Watts,…
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