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.

Kirsten Hall revisits literary history and compares our current COVID-19 pandemic to pandemics of the past.

Tim Barr’s links for February

Kirsten Hall explores the components of modern romance from Samuel Johnson to Noah Baumbach.

Timothy Barr discusses genealogy at the economics of inheritance.

Terence Sweeney explores the lessons of the genealogies of Christ.

Kirsten Hall responds to David Brooks and the decline of the nuclear family.

Terence Sweeney examines historical thinking in the Christian tradition.

Tim Barr’s links for January.

Kirsten Hall addresses problems with pedagogy in today’s classrooms and creates a genealogical syllabus.

Terence Sweeney reviews Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt.

Timothy Barr reflects on popular culture the way stars still influence us—whether Taylor Swift or Sirius.

Kirsten Hall looks at the popular Netflix show and our historical fixation with the “rake”

Terence Sweeney explores two genealogies of racism: Original Sin or corrupt DNA.

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

Tim Barr’s links for December.

Kirsten Hall traces discourses about the secular and religious In Joseph Addison’s tragedy, Cato

“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

Kirsten Hall analyzes Jonathan Swift’s satires and the tensions between certainty and doubt in the Enlightenment.

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