Art and theology

In the inaugural lecture for the Eliot Society, titled “Faithful Imaginations in a Meaningful Creation,” Ken Myers addresses the question of the relationship between the arts and the Church. (59 minutes)

Michael Hanby argues that our current civilizational crisis can be understood as a “new totalitarianism" that negates or disallows every form of transcendence. (32 minutes)

FEATURED GUESTS: Nicholas M. Healy, Christian Smith, James K. A. Smith, Esther Lightcap Meek, Richard Viladesau, and Jeremy Begbie

Literary critic and frequent Mars Hill Audio guest Alan Jacobs's most recent book includes essays on the mystery of true friendship, the severing of theology and literature, and the desire to know the future. (5 hours 30 minutes)