Machines and misanthropy
Nicholas Carr on how technology has transformed our understanding of progress (and people)
An ancient liturgical form
Calvin Stapert on the long history of recounting Christ’s sufferings musically
Bach’s meditative intensity
Victor Lederer on the intimate spirituality in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
The innocent Lamb’s suffering
Jaroslav Pelikan on the theology of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
The idiom for the revelation of mystery
Dana Gioia on the foundational place of poetry in Christian faith
Breaking the frozen sea
Dana Gioia on how poetry enchants
Productivity or thrift?
Wendell Berry contrasts an economy of productivity (which invites extravagance) and an economy of thrift (which takes care of things)
How the truth finds itself when confronted with error
Hans Urs von Balthasar on the intense radiance emanating from the writings of St. Irenaeus as he confronted heresies
Our bodies, our selves
Douglas Farrow on the insistence of St. Irenaeus that the Ascension of Christ means that our bodies — not just our souls — are beneficiaries of redemption
The ecstasy of the act of knowing
Theologian Paul Griffiths situates our creaturely knowing within the framework of the relation between God and Creation