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Susannah Black RobertsHistoryLiterature

The Birth of Comedy

The world that vitalists nostalgic for the Bronze Age wish to recover was waiting for something: longing for something more than a brief, passing glory.

Erik CoonceFilm Reviews/HollywoodLiterature

Desert Power

'Dune' offers a powerful account of evil and an often realistic account of our failings, but does it leave us with anything solid to measure ourselves by?

Steven WedgeworthHistoryLiteratureCurrent Politics

Beware the Great Quote

That great quote you want to put to work on social media might not mean what you think it means.

Brewer EberlyTechnologyHealth & MedicineLiterature

Heads in the Heavens (or in Hell)

Our contemporary sickness of seeking does not deliver what it promises, instead leaving us lost, distraught, and alone.

Zephram FosterFilm Reviews/HollywoodLiterature

Why Christians Need Horror

Horror, by its very nature, points us to supernatural realities, whether intentional or not.

Jessica MiskellyHistoryLiteratureSexuality

Unreachable Rapture: Rescuing Romance

The modern notion of "big romance" is both unrealistic and demeaning to one's partner. Our conception of eros needs to be rescued by agape.

Derek KingPolitical TheoryLiteratureCurrent Politics

Free Speech When No One is Listening

The Free Press podcast 'The Witch Trials if JK Rowling' is well-intentioned, but misses the core problem: What if free speech requires a shared world?

Noah WingLiteratureBook Reviews

Fruit of the Enlightenment

Mary Shelley saw the Enlightenment more clearly than her husband, Percy, and what she saw scared her.

Jake MeadorLiteratureLord of the RingsJ. R. R. Tolkien

Tolkien's Holy Fools

Tolkien's holy fools teach us a simple lesson: If you would save the world, you must love strawberries and cream.

Guest WriterLiteratureOrthodoxyWendell BerryGK Chestertonagatha christiedorothy sayersfictiontana french

Detective Fiction and the Fun of Orthodoxy

It's not a coincidence that some of the greatest writers of detective fiction are also orthodox Christians.

Alastair RobertsSocial TrendsLiteratureTechnologyPresenceSocial MediaTwitterPride and Prejudice

Twitter Is Like Elizabeth Bennet's Meryton

Twitter Is Like Elizabeth Bennet's Meryton

Jake MeadorLiteratureLord of the RingsJ. R. R. Tolkien

What I Saw in the Shire--JRR Tolkien and the Love of Little Things

JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings shows us many truths, not the least of which is the life-giving power of loving small things.