Self-Promotion
For anyone who’s interested, I have an article (“William Faulkner’s Failed Augustine”) in the current issue of The Explicator (January-March 2010). Here’s the webpage. But if you want to read…
A Mea Culpa from David
Upon listening to the most recent episode, I discovered (to my chagrin) that I’d made some embarrassing errors of memory, particularly in (to my shame) my references to Christ’s parables.…
Kings and the Kingdom
Today, the third of February, is feast day of St. Laurence (Laurentius) of Canterbury. He was an early figure of the branch of Christendom we might style “Germanic”: St. Laurence,…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode 10.1: Comedy
General Introduction – An apology for Nathan Gilmour’s absence – A plug for our website – A eulogy for J.D. Salinger What Is Comedy? – Comedy in a cosmic sense…
How to Teach Emerson
If you keep up with the book blogosphere at all, you’ve no doubt already stumbled across this piece from the Chronicle of Higher Education, a brutal takedown of Ralph Waldo…
The Strangeness of Sin: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 7 February 2010
Revised Common Lectionary readings for 7 February 2010 (Epiphany, Year C) Isaiah 6:1-13 Psalm138 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 It’s not hard to affirm or criticize youth ministers’ commonplaces. I…
Rest in Peace, J.D. Salinger
As the podcast’s lone Americanist, I suppose it falls to me to say something about J.D. Salinger, who died today at 91. Salinger is best known, of course, for The…