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January 19, 2023

Eden Undone

If you combined the stories of “Little Red Riding Hood” and Last House on the...

August 2018

August 07, 2018

Being Byzantine (Catholic)

This is a tough piece to write. Not because I am ashamed of being Byzantine...

March 2018

March 22, 2018

Eastern Christianity and Orientalism

Here, by “Eastern Christianity” I mean mostly “Byzantine Christianity,” what most people know through Eastern...

November 2017

November 11, 2017

1054: History, Myth, and the Making of a Schism (Full Essay)

This post is a consolidation of an essay written by Nathan Smolin, a PhD...

July 2017

July 10, 2017

An Interview with Yours Truly on NPR

I’ve been off at “theory camp” for the past few weeks, which, unfortunately has slowed...

February 2017

February 08, 2017

Beware the But(t)

This is a continuation of my recent “Catholic first” shtick (though I suppose that’s always...

November 2016

November 21, 2016

There and Back Again: Catholicism and Orthodoxy

The following is a guest post by a friend whose story of conversion from Roman...

August 2016

August 10, 2016

Prayers for the Bulgarian Church

A little while ago I took a little bit (not quite boiling, more like low-simmer)...

July 2016

July 20, 2016

1054: History, Myth, and the Making of a Schism (Part III)

Here I am proud to present part three of this three-part series on the Great...

July 19, 2016

1054: History, Myth, and the Making of a Schism (Part II)

Here I am proud to present part two of this three-part series on the Great...

July 18, 2016

1054: History, Myth, and the Making of a Schism (Part I)

July 16th marked the 962nd anniversary of the so-called "Great Schism." As someone deeply invested...

June 2016

June 11, 2016

The Pan-Orthodox Council: A Greek Catholic Perspective

There was a time when I considered becoming Eastern Orthodox. The richness of the theology,...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

On Christianity after Christendom

I am no alarmist, but there is undeniably something post-Christian about our time and place...

April 17, 2016

Idolatrous Traditionalism: A Postscript

My last post, “Rigid Traditionalism is Idolatry,” has elicited quite the reaction, more so than...