Church and culture

Sylvie Vanhoozer introduces a French Advent tradition that involves a community of “little saints” whose stories have something to teach us about following Christ throughout the year. (28 minutes)

Lesslie Newbigin on the Church’s prophetic duty concerning public life

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

FROM VOL. 21 Robert Higgs looks at the history of sports in American experience and at how organized religion has interacted with that history. (12 minutes)

Thomas C. Oden on overcoming the theological faddism of the late twentieth century

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)

Paul Evdokimov on the cosmic effects of the Incarnation

Henri de Lubac on how the Church should (and shouldn’t) make a difference in the world

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

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)

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)

Peter J. Leithart on the public (and prophetic) mission of the Church

Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández on the modern choice given the Church to conform or die

William Cavanaugh on how we must be disciples in public, not just citizens

Harry Blamires on unfashionable beliefs about the ends of human beings

Jonathan Wilson on faithfully representing Creation in the culture of the Church

Dom Anscer Vonier on secularism’s confidence in its freedom from Christ

“Instead of allowing the Bible to shape us, we may in fact be allowing our culture to shape the Bible for us.”

T. S. Eliot on the Church’s duty to interfere with the World

D. C. Schindler on how believers can be practical atheists