Unmasking claims of “secular neutrality”

Unmasking claims of “secular neutrality”

Lesslie Newbigin on the Church’s prophetic duty concerning public life
The kingdom of God has public consequences

The kingdom of God has public consequences

Lesslie Newbigin on the subversiveness of the Church’s message to the world
Sports in America

Sports in America

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Robert Higgs looks at the history of sports in American experience and at how organized religion has interacted with that history. (12 minutes)
Divorcing the spirit of the age

Divorcing the spirit of the age

Thomas C. Oden on overcoming the theological faddism of the late twentieth century
Developing a Christian aesthetic

Developing a Christian aesthetic

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)
Consecrating the world

Consecrating the world

Paul Evdokimov on the cosmic effects of the Incarnation
Eternal seeds, temporal fruit

Eternal seeds, temporal fruit

Henri de Lubac on how the Church should (and shouldn’t) make a difference in the world
David K. Naugle, R.I.P.

David K. Naugle, R.I.P.

Philosophy professor, author, and compassionate mentor David K. Naugle (1952-2021) explains the long history of the concepts of “worldview” and “happiness.” (26 minutes)
Questioning the “sacred-secular” division

Questioning the “sacred-secular” division

With the stage set by Michael Sandel, Jean Bethke Elshtain, David L. Schindler, and John Milbank, Andrew Willard Jones examines a medieval alternative to the modern liberal paradigm. (61 minutes)
Fr. Chad Hatfield and Peter J. Leithart on Alexander Schmemann

Fr. Chad Hatfield and Peter J. Leithart on Alexander Schmemann

Alexander Schmemann’s book asks a set of questions about “Christianity and culture” that typically don’t get asked, questions that re-center our lives in gratitude and worship. (20 minutes)
Not just a counterculture

Not just a counterculture

Peter J. Leithart on the public (and prophetic) mission of the Church
Assimilation or identity in Christ

Assimilation or identity in Christ

Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández on the modern choice given the Church to conform or die
The Church as a public reality

The Church as a public reality

William Cavanaugh on how we must be disciples in public, not just citizens
Intellectual apostasy and Christian witness

Intellectual apostasy and Christian witness

Harry Blamires on unfashionable beliefs about the ends of human beings
Cultural participation in reconciliation

Cultural participation in reconciliation

Jonathan Wilson on faithfully representing Creation in the culture of the Church
The publicly inert Christ of modernity

The publicly inert Christ of modernity

Dom Anscer Vonier on secularism’s confidence in its freedom from Christ
Which story is ours?

Which story is ours?

“Instead of allowing the Bible to shape us, we may in fact be allowing our culture to shape the Bible for us.”
The dead-end of privatized faith

The dead-end of privatized faith

T. S. Eliot on the Church’s duty to interfere with the World
True transcendence, true immanence

True transcendence, true immanence

D. C. Schindler on how believers can be practical atheists
The disabling consequences of winsomeness

The disabling consequences of winsomeness

Stanley Hauerwas on how many modern Christians offered atheists less and less in which to disbelieve.