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Fiddling with the Melody: Illuminating von Balthasar’s Symphony of Truth
Truth is something of a lost art. Even a cursory reading of the primary texts of twentieth century philosophy will make us hesitant to talk about truth in any unqualified manner, and all the theology...
View ArticleFrom Vision to Touch: Returning Beauty to Lived Experience
Let that be called beauty, the very perception of which pleases”1—as far as definitions of beauty go, one can hardly improve on this one by Thomas Aquinas. Not only does it do justice to our common...
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Reclaiming Metaphysics and Truth: How D. Stephen Long Speaks of God
D. Stephen Long. Speaking of God: Theology, Language, and Truth. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2009. 352 pages.$21.12 paperback. Click on the image to purchase Speaking of God from...
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Flirting with Money
What is money for? The question may sound odd as it suggests that money might have a “nature,” a given essence that defines its proper use and goal. Even realists, who still think of things as having...
View ArticleFootball, Fame, and Fortune
Could you name the five most recent winners of the Tour de France? How about the last winner of the Hawaii Ironman triathlon or the Boston Marathon? Or who has won the most FIFA World Cup tournaments...
View ArticleImagining a Different Future: An Interview with Graham Ward
The theologian Graham Ward is known to blur the disciplinary boundaries that separate theology from political theory, aesthetics, sociology, and anthropology. In this interview, the celebrated author...
View ArticleI Want My Baby Back . . .
A thirteenth century conundrum: In the resurrection, will the rib taken from Adam to form Eve find itself back in Adam or remain in Eve? (I’m guessing this was the inspiration for Chili’s Baby Back...
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