A humanist urban vision for Chicago
Philip Bess imagines what metropolitan Chicago might look like in one hundred years if it were designed according to classical humanist principles and with an overt acknowledgement of sacred order. (93 minutes)
Cosmic realities in the built world
Christopher and Christine Perrin discuss the implications of architect Christopher Alexander’s (1936–2022) discovery of patterns of building that cohere with the the created cosmos and with ourselves as human creatures. (59 minutes)
City of God, City of Man
Architect Philip Bess discusses how our modern-day confusion and moral illiteracy are worked out visibly in the cities and buildings our architects create. (57 minutes)
Man as “both mystic and hobbit”
D. C. Schindler explores how building is a quintessential human activity and an expression of our view of the meaning of reality. (47 minutes)
Why churches should be more attentive to space
Eric O. Jacobsen discusses New Urbanism with a Christian perspective, imagining how we might organize places in which life may be lived at a human scale and in which real community is nourished. (26 minutes)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 124
FEATURED GUESTS:
John Fea, Robert F. Rea, John C. Pinheiro, R. J. Snell, Duncan G. Stroik, Kate Tamarkin, and Fiona Hughes
The Good City: Community and Urban Order
Architects, historians, activists, and clergy discuss how loving our neighbors can and must take shape in how we order the material aspects of shared life. (100 minutes)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 60
FEATURED GUESTS: David Naugle, D. G. Hart, Dermot Quinn, Russell Hittinger, Leon Kass, and James Howard Kunstler