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September 2015

September 10, 2015

When God Deprives and Sacrificing to the Market

The attempt to identify and promote human flourishing is the sine qua non of a liberal...

September 05, 2015

The Phenomenology of a Jim Beam Bourbon Firenado

Life is full of surprises. Surprises, by definition, are one-off events that cannot be anticipated...

August 2015

August 19, 2015

Negative Certainties Trump Scientific Facts Daily

It is easy enough to debunk the mythical origins of science in the Greek and...

August 14, 2015

No Theology, No Phenomenology of the Person?

Thomas Pfau is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of English and professor of German at...

August 13, 2015

Threatening Naturalism’s Universal Authority

Thomas Pfau is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of English and professor of German at...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

The Subjectivism of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

Yesterday we placed the ancient philosophical analogue, not to be confused with an "equivalent," of...

July 28, 2015

John Milbank: The Eastward Movement of Western Theology

What John Milbank, author of Theology and Social Theory, calls the Eastward movement of Western...

July 10, 2015

10 Mind-Bending Theology and Philosophy Books for This Summer

Maybe it doesn't show from this blog, given how many TOP10 lists I've written, that...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Difference, Disharmony, and Drama Are the Essence of Marriage

The debates around the redefinition of marriage in the United States orbit around the philosophy...

June 13, 2015

Why Does Continental Philosopher Richard Kearney Remain Catholic?

Richard Kearney holds the Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College and has...

June 12, 2015

McGilchrist: Your Brain, You Didn’t Read the Instructions, You’re Using it Wrong

Iain McGilchrist, the philosopher, neuroscientist, and literary critic keeps popping up everywhere. I've seen his...

June 11, 2015

Bet You an Arm & a Leg You Haven’t Heard of Transability!

Forget Caitlyn Jenner. The National Post reports about the next big trend in nominalism: When...

June 05, 2015

Zizek: Straight Marriage is Daring When Ordained Transgression is the Norm!

After watching Linklater's Boyhood--a portrayal of divorce as boring, normal, quietly despairing, and not at...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

Forthcoming Major Inkling Biography: 42% Off on Amazon

I'll be honest with you. I'm not a fan of C.S. Lewis. He is immensely...

May 25, 2015

Does Anyone Still Remember the Einstein vs. Bergson Thrilla in Paris?

Let's take an askew view of Memorial Day by recalling a long forgotten piece of...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

Before Marriage: Gays (As a Group) Were Morally Superior to Christians (As a Group)

Stanley Hauerwas is America's theological gadfly. Short is the list of people who have not...

April 28, 2015

Nietzsche’s Flame of Eternity: It’s Not a Wonderful Philosophy Nor Life

Leszek Kolakowski, author of philosophical barnburners such as Metaphysical Horror and Religion: If There Is...

April 10, 2015

Mein Kampf Against Hitler: Comparing von Hildebrand to Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was recognized as a hero of World War II Nazi-resistance with the posthumous...

April 07, 2015

Religion is at Once Theoretical and Practical

The difference between theory and practice is fairly clear. It is like the difference between...

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 27, 2015

Hand? Mouth? What About the Third Way of Receiving Communion?

There are way too many silly debates on how to take Communion. Being a contrarian...

March 20, 2015

Theological Beliefs Might Be Natural, BUT Are They Rational?

I have this nasty little habit of reading several books simultaneously. The variety of my...

March 19, 2015

Those Christians Who Think there is an Atheist Worldview Deserve a Tinfoil Hat

The post "John Gray: Waiting for an Atheist Morality is Like Waiting for Godot" sparked something...

March 18, 2015

John Gray: Waiting for an Atheist Morality is Like Waiting for Godot

John Gray is one of our most fascinating public intellectuals and one heck of a...

March 17, 2015

5 Pathbreaking Catholic Titles to Watch from the University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago is no doubt one of the most dynamic academic institutions in...

March 09, 2015

Satan Likes Pure Spirituality, But St. Augustine Prays Over Butts

Last week I introduced you to Fabrice Hadjadj whose Faith of the Demons which is...

March 05, 2015

11 Most Important Critiques of Modernity According to Thomas Pfau

Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of...

March 04, 2015

Nietzsche Says Christianity Produces Weaklings. Kolakowski Agrees.

Nietzsche's Antichrist is on my all time favorite novels for a particular reason. His writing...

March 03, 2015

Even Demons Believe: Converting the World Will NOT Make Everyone Holy

Last week I wrote about the one novel you need to read this year. Now...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

Stand by Your Man: Are Some Feminism(s) in Capitalism’s Bondage?

Networking is not reserved to the the internet. If there is one lesson to take...