Grace and Christian realism
Jennifer Frey explores Thomist elements in Flannery O’Connor’s theology and writing, with a particular emphasis on a Thomist understanding of art. (39 minutes)
Cultures of chance, cultures of control
Historian Jackson Lears explains how gambling springs from a longing for an experience of “unbidden beneficence,” a repudiation of the idea of control that marks modernity. (49 minutes)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 54
FEATURED GUESTS: Robert P. Kraynak, Mitchell L. Stevens, Ralph C. Wood, Mark Henrie, Terry Lindvall, Richard J. Mouw, and Marilyn McEntyre