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February 2017

February 24, 2017

See You at Fordham’s Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination Conference?

You'd think that a religious imagination that can produce public intellectuals such as Dana Gioia, Ron Hansen,...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

TOP10 Books for Explaining Original Sin to Interested Nonbelievers

I am merely trying to say that there is a cultural danger inherent in any...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

TOP 10 Books on the Ecstatic Pessimism of the Polish Soul

As a former university instructor I cannot help wondering what books I would've assigned to...

July 25, 2016

7 Places You Have to Visit During World Youth Day to Get a Real Feel for the Soul of Krakow

If I forget you, O Krakow, let my right hand wither. These are my "I'm...

April 2016

April 13, 2016

TOP10 Book Challenge: Books About the Meaning of Life for Undergrads

I'm a little sheepish about publishing book lists, even though my readers frequently tell me...

December 2015

December 15, 2015

The Cosmos TOP10 Literary Books of 2015

The year comes to a close and I find myself once again pulling my favorite...

November 2015

November 03, 2015

The Intangible and Terrifying Spiritual Energy in Rocamadour

I'm getting close to finishing Michel Houellebecq's novel Submission. The critics immediately billed the book as...

October 2015

October 20, 2015

Michel Houellebecq’s Submission to Catholicism

Michel Houellebecq is France's literary bête noire. His much-anticipated novel Submission finally makes its appearance today...

October 18, 2015

Cosmos: Weakened Edition, 3

Here's what's not weak this week! 1. Family Synod Conflict Is Not What You Think...

October 10, 2015

Reprint of the Year: Bloy’s The Woman Who Was Poor

St. Augustine's Press is probably familiar to you as a publisher of both new books,...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

Zoltan Istvan 2016: Transhumanist Anti-Nature is Now Mainstream

If you think Zoloft was a HUGE breakthrough, then you haven't seen nothing yet....

June 09, 2015

Romanticism & Reason: New Inklings Biography Authors Interviewed

========================================================================== Philip and Carol Zaleski are the coauthors of Prayer: A History and The Book of Heaven. The...

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 24, 2015

What Are the 7 Essential Poems for Pentecost? +Pantheon Surprise

Pentecost with all its fire and surprises is conducive to poetic expressions. For whatever reason,...

May 15, 2015

B.B. and Franz: Drinking To Two Kings Who Died Yesterday

Everybody probably knows by now about B.B. King's death. Fewer of you might be aware...

April 2015

April 08, 2015

Worstward Ho(pe): Christ and Apollo and Moving!

I firmly believe that moving is the process of rearranging old constellations of junk into...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

On Lent and the Martyred Copts: Can Water, Silence, and Desert Coincide?

Lent is the seasons of going off into the desert and facing temptation. In the...

February 24, 2015

What’s the One Novel You Need to Read This Year?

Death Comes for the Deconstructionist lays out the set of confounding problems facing us in the...

February 20, 2015

Incarnadine: Playful Poetic Sadness on the Edges of Religious Hope

Poetry is meant to be performed out loud, just like the liturgy—the connection between these...

February 09, 2015

Tournier & McCabe on Keeping Theology Grubby

One of my favorite pieces of spiritual advice comes from Herbert McCabe's God, Christ, and...

January 2015

January 17, 2015

I’m Not Well—The Voices are Back

No, this isn't about Stephen Herreid. He seems to have gone into writing exile after...

January 16, 2015

Beauty, Postmodernism, and Vodka: Gregory Wolfe Interview Preview

Gregory Wolfe has spent half a lifetime saying "Beauty will save the world." Czeslaw Milosz...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Ruined by Books: TOP10 Catholic Studies Books

Some time ago I started a series of topical TOP10 lists. I got as far...

November 2013

November 03, 2013

Crisis of the Humanities: "Shakespeare’s not on trial. You are."

Cynthia Haven let loose yesterday over at The Book Haven with the piece "The questionable...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Science & Religion: Beyond the Ham-Nye Rye Sandwich

Don't let yourself be sandwiched between Ken Ham and Bill Nye. Their debate was a circus sideshow rather than a...

September 02, 2013

Forthcoming Books for the God-Obsessed

Today's post features a rundown of the new and noteworthy books that will be reviewed...

July 2013

July 18, 2013

Coetzee Demolishes Greek Harmony With Christian Agony

The best religious novelist of our time isn't, as far as I know, a Christian...

June 2013

June 15, 2013

Adam Zagajewski | In the Beauty Created By Others

Early in the morning I'm grading papers at the Crossroads mall in Bellevue. It's delightful...