Pathways

Each month we keep track of the different paths modern life is taking and how writers are keeping up. Here are some routes we found in March on our modern life.

If modernity is marked by a technological crisis, the solution might be despair. At least according to Jacques Ellul. The New Atlantis

Looking for a fascinating story? How about early modern Jesuits arguing with Confucian scholars about whether or not the earth was a square. Church Life Journal

When did Charles Dickens become modern? In 1851. The Atlantic

Looking for a successful communist movement you have never heard about? Check out Australia. Jacobin

One of the most influential writers was of the twentieth century was medieval. Christianity Today

To become doctors, they crossed a continent and deep racial divisions. Laphram’s Quarterly

So much for disenchantment. Stuff is still sacred. The Spectator World

What can writers of the Christian Left in the early 20th century tell us about the future of the Christian Left in the 21st century? America Magazine

During our plague, we keep thinking about The Plague. Have we learned anything? Slate

Which comes first, the community or the traditions? Commonweal