Productivity or thrift? Book excerpt, UncategorizedBy Ken MyersJuly 26, 2024Wendell Berry contrasts an economy of productivity (which invites extravagance) and an economy of thrift (which takes care of things)
How the truth finds itself when confronted with error UncategorizedBy Ken MyersJune 30, 2024Hans Urs von Balthasar on the intense radiance emanating from the writings of St. Irenaeus as he confronted heresies
Our bodies, our selves UncategorizedBy Ken MyersJune 30, 2024Douglas Farrow on the insistence of St. Irenaeus that the Ascension of Christ means that our bodies — not just our souls — are beneficiaries of redemption
The ecstasy of the act of knowing Book excerpt, UncategorizedBy Ken MyersJune 14, 2024Theologian Paul Griffiths situates our creaturely knowing within the framework of the relation between God and Creation
A vortex of illusion and superstition UncategorizedBy Ken MyersJune 7, 2024Daniel Pipes examines the roots of “conspiricism” in the fears generated by the French Revolution.
On babies and words UncategorizedBy Ken MyersMarch 1, 2024Leon Kass on the re-configuring of human origins
Philosophy and loving the Logos UncategorizedBy Ken MyersFebruary 17, 2024Robert Louis Wilken on early Christians and the pursuit of a virtuous life
Ingmar Bergman and God Book excerpt, UncategorizedBy Ken MyersJanuary 27, 2024Gene D. Phillips, S.J. on the shape of Ingmar Bergman’s religious pondering