A Primer on Christian Alternative Rock: The Violet Burning
A Primer on Christian Alternative Rock: The Violet Burning WHO ARE THEY? Essentially, they are Michael J. Pritzl, joined by a cast of revolving musicians. Pritzl was heavily associated with…
Book Review: The Happiness Industry by William Davies
Review of The Happiness Industry by William Davies Imagine a corporation. In this corporation, the employees are unhappy. Morale is low, motivation is absent, and burnout rates are high,…
Christian Humanist Profiles 111: The Deep Things of God
God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life, Evangelical. You’ve accepted Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, been born again, and washed in the blood! So…
Before They Were Live, Episode 1: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Listen to this episode. Our new podcast, Before They Were Live, begins at the beginning, with a discussion of the first Walt Disney feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.…
City of Man, Episode 39: Patriotism
Download or Stream this Episode Happy 4th of July! As we celebrate independence day, Coyle and Ed turn their attention to patriotism–what it is, why we should have it, what…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode #63: The Handmaid’s Tale
y Knowing Background on the novel and television show (taken largely from this NYT piece) Our experiences with the novel Our summer series and Victoria’s fifteen-year Handmaid’s Tale journey Reading Dystopia by…
Christian Humanist Profiles 110: Wendell Berry and Higher Education
That something is wrong with higher education in North America is indisputable by now. What, exactly, is wrong is more up for debate. The last decade has given us an…
Christian Humanist Podcast, episode 317.01: Reza Aslan’s Zealot
Download or Stream this Episode Listen in as Nathan Gilmour and Theology Beer Camp alum Dre’as Sanchez talk about the Superbowl, the Christian podcast world, and Reza Aslan’s book Zealot:…
City of Man, Episode 38: Marxism
Download or Stream this Episode In this episode, Coyle and Ed talk about the writings of Karl Marx and the usefulness of his ideas.
Infinite Jesters, Part 2
from 109 (3 November Y.D.A.U.) to the section break on 211 I come to Infinite Jest having read Wallace’s “This is Water” speech, assorted essays from his two essay collections,…
A Primer on Christian Alternative Rock: Adam Again
A Primer on Christian Alternative Rock: Adam Again WHO ARE THEY? Larry Norman, let’s say, invented Christian rock and was largely responsible for the way it sounded in the 1970s. Terry…
City of Man, Episode 37: Populism
Download or Stream this Episode Inspired by two recent articles on the history of populism in both the Republican and Democratic parties, Coyle and Ed talk about populism in the…
Infinite Jesters, Part 1
WARNING: THIS BLOG POST WILL SPOIL WITH IMPUNITY UP TO THE SECTION TITLED “3 NOVEMBER Y.D.A.U.” (PAGE 109 IN THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION.) SAVE THIS BLOG POST UNTIL YOU’VE GOTTEN…
Blogging through Critique of Pure Reason part 9: Transcendental Doctrine of Method
Series Index Criique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (Hackett edition) Here we are, at the last post of this Kantian read-through. Our hope is that, if you do set…
Infinite Jesters: An Introduction
Hey Humanists! This summer we’ve got another read-through for you, our first attempt to go through a novel together. Nathan Gilmour and some of his colleagues at Emmanuel College (and…