Christian Humanist Profiles 61: A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War
Before the wars in Middle-earth, before the battles of Narnia, there was a war in Europe—the Great War, the war to end war, that fell tragically short of that dream…
Philosophy, Theology, Literature, and Other Things Human Beings Do Well
Before the wars in Middle-earth, before the battles of Narnia, there was a war in Europe—the Great War, the war to end war, that fell tragically short of that dream…
The Christian Humanists answer listener emails. [02:07-05:50] Speaking about things Greek [05:50-13:30] The Christian Humanist Journal [13:30-16:48] A Defense of a Sequel [16:49-22:25] Christian Existentialism [22:27-26:03] Greetings from Trinity Western…
For most American Evangelicals, monasticism is a closed book, little understood, and appreciated even less. Yet throughout most of Christian history, East and West, and even today, monasticism has been…
Download or Stream this Episode David Grubbs leads Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer in a discussion of Dorothy L. Sayers’s “The Lost Tools of Learning.”
Download or Stream this Episode The first universities, and all universities for some centuries, were Christian schools. Standing in relationship with but not identical to the Church, these colleges, communities…
Download or Stream this Episode Roger Lundin, longtime professor of English at Wheaton College, died on Thursday night. In his memory, we’re rebroadcasting my interview with him from September 2014.…
Download or Stream this Episode In this Godzilla-sized episode, Danny Anderson and Drew Van’tland are joined by Ed Simon to talk about the intersections between horror, religion, and ethics. This…
David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour attempt to defend the works of J.R.R. Tolkien against Michial Farmer–a well-known hater. CORRECTION: Grubbs mentions Faramir meditating sympathetically about a dead human soldier allied…
Download or Stream this Episode To work with wood changes the formal character of the matter, shaping what once was a tree into a house here and a table there;…
In the early second century, Pliny, the governor of the Roman province of Pontus and Bithynia, wrote a letter to his emperor, Trajan, about Christians who “were accustomed to meet…
Download or Stream this Episode David Grubbs takes Danny Anderson and Nathan Gilmour on a walk through the Catholic university, giving attention to their history, sociology, eschatology, and all sorts…
“Feed my sheep,” Christ commanded Peter, and Peter passed on that command to others: “shepherd the flock of God that is among you … [so that] when the chief Shepherd…
Michial Farmer, back from 2015, leads a discussion of the Back to the Future trilogy with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs.
Download or Stream this Episode Some would say we’re all on a journey throughout life. We might be a career woman, stuck in a ditch after our son died. We…
Download or Stream this Episode In the latest episode of Sectarian Review, Danny Anderson chats with Mark Trump and Thom Dawkins about “Voice in the Age of Mansplaining.” This month’s…