Archaic, but still compelling
Carl Elliott on the persistence of honor as a motivation for speaking out
Still connected to the land
Nadya Williams on the inescapably earthy character of human flourishing
Cross my heart
Christine Pohl on cultivating the practice of promise-keeping
Wayfaring, but not strange
Alan Jacobs on being on the way
Breaking out of the immanent frame
Norman Wirzba on the true character of Creation and of our creatureliness
From enthusiasm to discernment
Hans Urs von Balthasar on how the assumption that taste is entirely subjective is a function of immaturity
Abstraction, immanence, & the cultural landscape
Artist, philosopher, and art historian discuss the tension between self-expression, transcendence, and the material world.
Only religion can save the arts
Camille Paglia: “For the fine arts to revive, they must recover their spiritual center.”
Art and whateverism
Jed Perl on why great art is triumphantly intolerant
How the Church promotes the cause of freedom
Oliver O’Donovan: “We discover we are free when we are commanded by that authority which commands us according to the law of our being, disclosing the secrets of the heart.”