When we exchanged traditional hierarchical metaphysics for a purely constructivist account of authority, we lost the inbuilt limits of God-given ontology. What remains are authority structures that rely solely on pragmatic outcomes…
In my book Rediscovering the Goodness of Creation, I explored the importance of beauty in the Christian life, observing in chapter 15 that as modern man is caught in the pincer grip…
During the recent Touchstone Conference, C.R. Wiley explained how the dream of Lewis’s Screwtape has finally been realized: we now live in a land of materialist magicians. As he put it, “The…
Here I am with our publisher, Dr. Gary (Cyril) Jenkins, at the Touchstone conference. I’m so thankful Dr. Jenkins caught the vision for this book, because our message is much needed! Most…
In Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of The Bible, Ellen Davis shares an anecdote about a student who “had a job interview at a Christian school in California where staff…
If there is any word that characterizes the modern situation, it is rapidity. Not only do we live at a time when information can be sent at almost unimaginable speeds, but recent…
During election cycles, when Americans are most concerned about politics, they are the least concerned about political theory. That is appropriate. In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle distinguished between the two, drawing a sharp…
Last week Joshua Pauling and I joined up with Jonah Martin and Kyle King to talk about our new book, Are We All Cyborgs Now?: Reclaiming Our Humanity from the Machine. Are…
From The Mystical Marriage: Spiritual Life According to St. Maximos the Confessor, pp. 89-90 “We should be careful not to disturb or upset our relations with others, even a little. We should not…
Our book, published by the St. Basil Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture, is now on its 10th day as Amazon’s #1 bestseller for new releases in Computers & Technology Education. The book has…
I grew up in an environment of books. Not only was my father a writer and editor, but he also owned a publishing house and a bookstore. Sometimes after school I would…
In Professor Louis Betty’s 2023 interview with Rod Dreher, he summarized the insights of Houellebecq about what happens when religion becomes “religion.” Once religion becomes definable as religion — that is, once…
