The Wisdom of Death
Samuel Loncar considers how death can save our lives All life ends. The heat of breath chills to ragged wheezing. Finally movement and
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Theology, Philosophy & Ethics
God on the Brain: Cognitive Science and Natural Theology
Karolina Prochownik on Helen De Cruz and Johan de Smedt’s A Natural History of Natural Theology Cognitive science of religion (CSR) is a
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The Genealogy of Ethical Life – by Jon Bialecki
Jon Bialecki on Webb Keane’s Ethical Life I kept on thinking of Nietzsche. I need not have, of course; neither the book, nor
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Renewing the Heart of Systematic Theology – By Brad East
Brad East on Katherine Sonderegger’s Systematic Theology, vol. 1 Academics love stories of decline, especially about themselves. But academic theologians may love them
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Practical Factors and Religious Belief – By Michael Pace
Michael Pace on Aaron Rizzieri’s Pragmatic Encroachment, Religious Belief, and Practice According to a recent Pew poll, the proportion of adults in the
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Augustine on Trial – Ron Haflidson
Ron Haflidson on Paul Rigby’s Theology of Augustine’s Confessions A friend of mine refers to her favorite thinkers of the departed white male
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Modernity and Mineness – By Andrew Dole
Andrew Dole on Kevin Hector’s Theological Project of Modernism My life revolves around a variety of projects. Some are mostly under my control:
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Whose God was Slain? Anthropology and the Diversity of World Christianity – By Jason Bruner
Jason Bruner on Timothy Larsen’s The Slain God Is anthropology inherently inimical to the truth claims of the Christian faith? In The Slain
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How Do We Think Human/Animal Differences? – By Ken Stone
Ken Stone on Matthew Calarco’s Thinking through Animals One of the most striking developments in the humanities and social sciences has been the
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Babylon’s Imperial Allure – By Phillip M. Sherman
Phillip M. Sherman on Erin Runions’s The Babylon Complex Mythology matters. The stories we tell ourselves, individually and collectively, shape our experience of
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