Science, or Religion?
by Mark BauerleinJohn Staddon joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Science in an Age of Unreason. Continue Reading »
What Descartes Thought About the Eucharist
by Peter J. LeithartYour average textbook on Eucharistic theology won't have a substantial discussion of Descartes, Hobbes, Kant, Hegel, or Schiller. There are historical and theological reasons why that’s regrettable. Continue Reading »
God Created Wholes, Not Parts
by Peter J. LeithartAs time progresses, science points more towards teleology and away from Darwin. Continue Reading »
Enlightened Scripture?
by Mark BauerleinDavid Ney joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Quest to Save the Old Testament: Mathematics, Hieroglyphics, and Providence in Enlightenment England. Continue Reading »
Leo Strauss, Spinoza, Orthodox Judaism
by Mark BauerleinJeffrey Bloom and Rabbi Gil Student join the podcast to discuss their recently edited collection of essays, Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith. Continue Reading »
Six Modern Theologians Every Thoughtful Person Should Read
by Bruce Riley AshfordThoughtful non-theologians will benefit from patient exposure to these scholars. Continue Reading »
Saved by Books
by Joseph EpsteinPlutarch tells us that Gaius Gracchus (154–121 b.c.) devoted his life to civic reform, while Cato the Younger (95–46 b.c.) would “rather compete in valor with the best, than in wealth with the richest or the most covetous in love of money.” Impressive in both cases, no doubt, but what are . . . . Continue Reading »
The Limits of Moderation
by Aaron Alexander ZubiaWhile Hume can teach us a thing or two about intellectual modesty, the content of his philosophy leaves readers with a vacuum of meaning. Continue Reading »
Christianity and the Enlightenment
by Mark BauerleinJoseph Stuart joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Rethinking the Enlightenment: Faith in the Age of Reason. Continue Reading »
L’affaire Voltaire
by Ephraim RadnerAmericans know little of Voltaire. French high-schoolers, by contrast, know him the way we once knew Thoreau and Whitman, before social justice eclipsed history as the rationale for our syllabi. Like America’s Liberty Bell, Voltaire’s tomb in Paris’s Panthéon is still visited by school groups . . . . Continue Reading »
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