“Far better for a true philosopher to admit that our ordinary way of thinking is not only rational, but actually more rational because more complete.”

David P. Deavel writes on John Henry Newman’s understanding of certitude.

If people choose to go on speaking nonsense, that’s just part of the game. What ‘One True Life’ offers is an invitation to play a different one, the stakes of which could not be higher.

Taylor Ross reviews One True Life and finds we must change our lives.

For however emptied out a religious rite might appear, it still confirms that the unnamable experience of death has a place within the universe.

Donato Loia reflects on rituals of death in the modern world.

Gnosticism is not limited to the Christian heresy, but is an entire worldview built on the belief that the world in which we live is not actually good, true, or beautiful.

Rachel Coleman asks whether modernity is fundamentally gnostic.

Philosophy has a reputation for being lofty and arcane, but Stoic texts have left dusty philosophy bookcases and have found themselves in the hands of eager readers

Christopher Quintana explores the contemporary fascination with Stoicism.

Desmond attempts to awaken us to the ‘blooming, darting, singing world’ that exists beyond our construction.

Terence Sweeney reviews William Desmond’s recent work The Voiding of Being

A pandemic forces us to confront one of the most important and essential religious problems: the problem of theodicy.

Donato Loia meditates on certainty, faith, and an empty St. Peter’s Square.

Intention is only in the attempt, not the deed. The meaning of an act is discovered in the dialectic between the stretched hand and what it finds.

Terence Sweeney explores the lessons of the genealogies of Christ.

Terence Sweeney examines historical thinking in the Christian tradition.

Terence Sweeney reviews Eric Nelson’s The Theology of Liberalism.

“What then can be done against the force of a fearful political imaginary?

Tim Barr investigates the different meanings of ,monster, and its use throughout history

Karl Hahn reviews Cyril O’Reagan’s latest book on Hegel and Balthasar

Terence Sweeney critiques John Gray’s latest book

Terence Sweeney asks about the violent origins of modernity