The Christian Humanist

Another teaching semester is about to ramp up, and as is often the case, I have some Platonic dialogues lined up to teach.  I’ve taught at least one dialogue in …

Nathan Gilmour moderates a discussion about the treatise On Idolatry by the Patristic theologian Tertullian. Listen as we get mad at Tertullian and move the discussion into the realm of…

If the LORD had led Israel out of Egypt, Dayenu.  If the LORD had wrought justice upon the Egyptians, Dayenu.  If the LORD had wrought justice on their gods, Dayenu. …

Michial Farmer leads a discussion with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about the late singer/songwriter Mark Heard’s 1992 greatest-hits album High Noon. Heard died unexpected of a heart attack in…

How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee by Bart D. Ehrman 371 pp. HarperOne. $27.99 I doubt that he would ever admit it (he goes…

A few months ago, I got into an argument with a friend of mine about Google’s new driverless car. I’m much less optimistic about technology than he is, and I…

The Bible stands before the 21st-century Christian as the most familiar of books and the most alien of books.  Partisans of nearly any political persuasion will claim inspiration from the…

Knowing http://www.thenation.com/article/178140/feminisms-toxic-twitter-wars The femfuture report Responses to the controversy  Reading Our feminist internet experiences Is the tonal shift real? Activism and racism online Neologism and feminist discourse Representation and tone…

We Confess!: The Civil War, the South, and the Church by Deborah Brunt WestBow Press. 266 pp. I’ve now lived in the South longer than I lived in the Midwest,…

Knowing Tone and structure Francis and Edith Schaeffer as Christian cultural figures L’Abri Fellowship International Reading Chapter Two: “Magic Menstrual Mummies” Chapter Five: “It’s Good to be Queen (And Rushdoony)”…

David Grubbs asks Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer about their favorite podcasts and other New Media endeavors. And he offers a few of his own! Our theme music this week…

Nathan Gilmour leads a discussion with Michial Farmer and David Grubbs about two stories by the late Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez—“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and “The…

What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain Harvard University Press.  190 pp. Among Alasdair MacIntyre’s more famous claims is that every ethics presumes a sociology.  Philosophies of human…

General Introduction – Some eschatology – Listener feedback – A Dante omission – A dedicated After Virtue episode? – Jacques Barzun on baseball – YOLO, tower libraries – Cain and…

Knowing Mark Driscoll’s public reputation The book’s reception “How Not to Read This Book” A word on recent controversies Reading Chapter One: “New Marriage, Same Spouse” Chapter Three: “Men and…