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.

Instead of free-thinking Deists, a new generation of physicians argued that the experience of paranormal phenomena indicated a kind of mental or physiological illness.

Richard Yoder looks to early modernity to examine magic, science, and the origins of modernity.

We are dealing with a ghost ship, a reminder that the modernity we seek to understand is profoundly haunted.

Christopher Fite asks what a “haunted modernity” means for the history of science.

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.

An artist in love with and enmeshed in a tradition…

Jessica Sweeney critiques the excessive emphasis on originality in modern art.

Tim Barr assembles articles for living during quarantine.

Kirsten Hall reviews the newest version of Emma and questions different ways of using humor.

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.