Ressourcement. It’s a French word that means “resourcing”—or, better, “re-sourcing.” As a term in theology, it calls for renewal based on a return to richer, more original sources, especially the Fathers of the early Church. Born in the Francophone world between the two world wars, . . . . Continue Reading »
joins in to discuss his new book, Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment. Continue Reading »
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joins in to discuss his new book, Engaging the Church Fathers in Nineteenth-Century Catholic Theology: The Patristic Legacy of the Scuola Romana. Continue Reading »
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Onsi Kamel’s article (“Arabic, A Christian Language,” August/September) reminded me of an experience I had while I was a high school student at the American School of Kuwait. The Kuwait Ministry of Education required all non-Arabic-speaking students in the school to take Arabic as a foreign . . . . Continue Reading »
I was recently sipping on chocolat chaud while visiting Paris, observing life leisurely unfurling in the charming Place des Vosges. I found myself contemplating a very difficult question. Like everything of consequence in French culture, that jewel of Western civilization, this question, . . . . Continue Reading »
No one will say it, but we knowtoday’s fresh-flamed hibiscus flowerreveals in one brief, glorious showour birth, our life, our final hour. Sacrament and synecdochelive in a pot near the atrium door,mirroring holy brevitywhich, in a day, is evermore. —Jane Greer Image by R. D. Smith, . . . . Continue Reading »
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