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Demarcating Science
Stephen Meyer’s magisterial Darwin’s Doubt examines the Achilles heel of Darwinian theory, the “Cambrian explosion.” He makes a…
We Need Freaks
When Flannery O’Connor called the south Christ-haunted, she was thinking not least of its freaks. The role…
First Links — 7.24.14
Where’s God?Edward Feser George Whitefield at 300Various, Credo Are the Authoritarians Winning? Michael Ignatieff, New York Review of…
He Shall Crush the Head
Bible knowledge is at a low ebb, even among self-professed “Bible-believing Evangelicals.” What’s missing is not only…
First Brick
Mesopotamian temples were sometimes made of bricks, and, according to M. J. Geller (a contribution to Figurative Language…
Shakespeare Today
The Arden early modern drama guides serve as introductions to Shakespeare’s plays. Each volume focuses on a…
Sacrifice at Ugarit
In his study of Ritual and Cult at Ugarit, Dennis Pardee discusses the similarities and differences between Ugaritic…
Making Sense of Scripture
Adam Hamilton’s conclusions in Making Sense of the Bible are predictable. Is the creation story true? Yes, but…
Dennetrida
R. Scott Smith takes aim at the fact-value dichotomy in In Search of Moral Knowledge. Along the way,…
First Links — 7.23.14
Righteous Minds and Religious Liberty David Zahl, Mockingbird Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League William…
Elite Education
In 2008, William Deresiewicz published an article in The American Scholar on “The Disadvantages of Elite Education.”…
Intelligent universe
Frank Vertosick’s Mind: A Unified Theory of Intelligence is out there. He argues that living things are all…
McLuhan and Frye
B.W. Powe’s Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye is a sassy book about two of Canada’s greatest intellectuals, McLuhan…
Among the Sex Workers
Tom Bissell’s New Republic profile of William T. Vollmann, journalist, author of legendarily gargantuan novels, painter of nudes…
Deluge
Flood stories are widespread in the ancient world, and many studies compare the Babylonian account with the…
