The Archive

Every essay.

Jake MeadorFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Authenticity is Actually Kind of Boring: On 'Daredevil: Born Again'

'Daredevil: Born Again' brought back some of the characters and action of the Netflix series, but it lost the moral heart that made the original great.

Nadya WilliamsBooks

Translating Homer in the 21st Century

The choices one makes when translating ancient texts require more than simply knowing the languages one is working with.

Danielle TreweekBooks

A Sham Trial: Reviewing 'The Sin of Empathy'

Joe Rigney's 'Sin of Empathy' collapses under the weight of its own internal contradictions and inconsistencies.

Gillis HarpCurrent Events

The Bad Fruit of Demonizing Government

The sloppy cuts from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency are a predictable outcome of our longstanding disdain for government.

Daniel HindmanBibleGender

Mythos and Gender

An attentive reading to the opening chapters of Genesis will help us discern how Scriptural accounts of gender confront both the ancient and modern worlds.

Collin Slowey and Isabella HsuTheology

Richard Wilbur's Answer to Dionysian Hedonism

Wilbur's 'A Baroque Wall-fountain in the Villa Sciarra' is a profound reflection on the ways in which we can understand power, ambition, and self-mastery.

Randall FowlerCurrent Politics

Three Theories of How to Repair Policy Making and Government

This essay identifies three “options” in Christian policymaking, extending discussions over how to reform government using legitimate political power.

Nadya WilliamsInterview

Secularist Violence in Modern History: Interview with Thomas Albert Howard

Nadya Williams spoke with historian Thomas Albert Howard on varieties of "secularism" and their relationship to violence.

Ian HarberArtTechnologyFormation

To Go Forward, We Must Go Backward

Moving through dopamine culture requires a willingness to step back and withdraw from it into older habits of mind.

McGuire BolesBooks

Surviving the Magic Universe

Herbert’s six-novel Dune saga offers unfulfilled Western souls a universe of infinite possibilities, and they’re all out to kill you

E. J. HutchinsonPoetryJournal 6Journal

'On the Savior' by Claudian

a translation of Claudian's poem 'De Salvatore', a poem that has not previously been translated into English

Michael HortonBooksJournal 6Journal

Michael Horton Replies to Nadya Williams and John Ehrett

Michael Horton replies to the reviews of 'Shaman and Sage' from Nadya Williams and John Ehrett