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There are winners and losers every time intellectual capital changes hands. But the upside of that process is that there are always figures from the past who are ready to…

Series Index Philosophical Investigations was the reading and discussion matter for a group of students and faculty at Emmanuel College during the 2014-15 school year, under the auspices of the Emmanuel…

Series Index It’s been a few years since I wrote reflections on my summer reading on Dante, and back then I used to do three posts each summer, one on…

Series Index In case you’re just tuning in, or in case you’ve forgotten what a Wittgenstein Wednesday is, some faculty and students got together every couple weeks during the 2014-15…

The Christian Humanists respond to listener emails. [0:00] An announcement from David Grubbs! [5:05] Why Christian Existentialism? [9:12] Kierkegaard and Christendom [17:41] John McAdams and academic freedom [27:09] More holy…

Waiting for the Conservative John Stewart The Progressive Death of Comedy When I say that I find both twenty-first-century American political factions unpalatable, please don’t take me to mean that…

Series Index A few months passed between installments seven and eight of this series, so for the sake of those who might come across this later, I’ll just say that…

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In its historical particularity tragedy had its first great moment in ancient Athens, when didaskaloi, educators, would compete for civic recognition staging increasingly elaborate exchanges of dramatic speeches.  And once…

There’s a story that everyone knows about the doctrine of the Trinity: there was this teacher in first-century Judea, Jesus of Nazareth, who preached the coming kingdom of God and…

Series Index Introductions and the Introduction Transcendental Aesthetic and Introduction to Transcendental Logic Transcendental Synthesis When Critique of Pure Reason (hereafter CPR–Todd had a good idea with that one) starts…

Intros Knowing Purity Culture What we mean by “cross-gendered friendship” Connections to women in church leadership Reading http://www.thrivingfamily.com/Features/Magazine/2015/avoiding-dangerous-attractions.aspx?utm_source=nl_focusenews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=266312&refcd=266312 http://www.danjbrennan.com/2014/05/deconstructing-temptations-men-face.html   http://ryanthomasneace.com/2013/08/02/consecrated-sexual-attraction Passing On The Book of Daniel, Ch. 13 (The…

Series Index Introductions and the Introduction Transcendental Aesthetic and Introduction to Transcendental Logic Before I launch into my first contribution to our joint project on Kant, a personal note. I…

What does it mean to have a good death? Many in our time use technology in an attempt to stave off aging or dying, or to conceal the effects of…

Ruben Rivera, history professor and chief diversity officer at Bethel University, joins us to discuss the importance of cultural diversity and racial reconciliation at Christian colleges and universities — and why so…