A Protestant Theology of the Body

by Mark Bauerlein

John Kleinig joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body.  Continue Reading »

20 Jan 2022

Love Is Barefoot Philosophy

by Raymond Hain

Plato’s Bedroom succeeds by starting outside of religion, by unsettling all of us, showing us why our erotic lives are so important and problematic, so beautiful and at the same time potentially destructive, why love and death are never far from one another. Continue Reading »

23 Aug 2016

Ecstatic Dance

by Eve Tushnet

An ambitious, perfect movie about growing up in a breakable body. Continue Reading »

15 Jul 2016

The Body's Lessons

by Sarah Ruden

Maybe it was during my first-ever sleepover, on a farm, that my little hostess, innocently sharing a family ritual, led me up for a good-night hug and kiss from her father. I couldn’t take my eyes off the hook where his hand should have been, and I probably grimaced or cowered. At any rate, my . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2016

An Open Mind?

by William E. Carroll

Examining the complex functioning of a human brain as it lay exposed on an operating table can be a heady experience. Wonder, however, can easily lead to a kind of philosophical vertigo. This was evident in a recent essay in the New York Times written by Karl Ove Knausgaard. The famous Norwegian . . . . Continue Reading »

7 Jan 2016