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April 2017

April 14, 2017

It’s a Good Friday to Leave Calypso’s Island

The specter of death haunts Western civilization at its roots like any other civilization. Greek and...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

The Mythical Origins of Science

One of the pillars of Enlightenment, scientific, and New Atheist (not to be confused with...

April 2015

April 04, 2015

Death as an Object of Faith II: To Live Facing Holy Saturday

What follows is a longread essay by Dariusz Karlowicz that appeared in his award-winning Polish-language...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Rahner’s Biblical Notion of Anonymous Christianity During Holy Week

Holy Week is the most sacred holiday on the Christian calendar. It commemorates the final...

February 2015

February 03, 2015

The Missionary Positions of the Hitchens Family: On Cosmic Delusions

The Hitchens family is well known for its missionary positions. Christopher Hitchens was so hellbent...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

Why Study Philosophy as a Spiritual Exercise?

As great as John Milbank is, there are plenty of other great things going on...

January 25, 2015

St. Socrates: Philosophy’s Permanent Ties to Theology

Dominique Janicaud has spent the great part of his academic career attempting to somewhat belligerently...

July 2014

July 09, 2014

Barker’s First Temple Fireworks: Christianity, Judaism, Islam

The ISIS attempts at reestablishing the caliphate are getting much press of late. They...

April 2014

April 08, 2014

The Early Church's Choice Between Neoplatonism & Neoplatonism

There is nothing to be embarrassed by the overlaps between Christianity and other world religions....

January 2014

January 12, 2014

God, Cosmos, Humankind, and Woman

Before getting totally side-tracked by the silly Zmirak controversy I meant to write about...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

You Have no Idea How Much Nastier I Would be if I Was Not a Catholic

My post about the historical roots of resistance to the widespread and sociologically natural practice...

June 2013

June 20, 2013

Pagan Symbols and the Coming Christianity

Philip Jenkins of Baylor U is probably our most perceptive commentator on religion. His views...