The Christian Humanist

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Intros and listener emails Knowing Some information on Piper Kerman and her memoir Reading Our favorite characters and the nature of the ensemble Pennsatucky, Sister Ingalls, and OitNB’s depictions of…

For the last several years, I’ve been teaching the Honors Introduction to Literature course at my small Christian college. It has traditionally been taught as an introduction not to literature…

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…