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Defeating Demons with G.K. Chesterton

After rereading The Man Who Was Thursday, I wondered why, when Chesterton went to the trouble of opposing an angel and the devil, he chose “Gabriel … Read More ›

Posted on January 15, 2015November 11, 2017
Art

The Story of an American Monk

Thomas Merton tried his hand at writing from his college years on, but his books were never publishable until he wrote the account of his … Read More ›

Posted on November 6, 2014November 11, 2017
Art

Prince Caspian Redeems the Reckless Wanderer

The character of Odysseus, or Ulysses, has been capturing the imagination of artists for centuries. He has inspired children’s books and television shows, numerous films, the … Read More ›

Posted on June 26, 2014August 17, 2022
Religion

A Better Way to Read the Bible

Back in grade school, a theology teacher of mine had a favorite expression: “Never read a Bible verse. Always read the context.” It was our … Read More ›

Posted on May 29, 2014November 11, 2017
Art

Battlestar Galactica Does Science-Fiction Right

Of the many works of sci-fi present in the growing archives of human fiction, few are more deserving of the term “space opera” than the … Read More ›

Posted on March 20, 2014March 20, 2016
Philosophy

Doing Evil Cannot Accomplish Good

When I first saw the play Measure for Measure, still my favorite of Shakespeare’s plays, I thought it presented a difficult moral question. For those not familiar, … Read More ›

Posted on February 27, 2014November 11, 2017

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