New York
Ango-Catholic Modernism: Writing Religious Beauty in the Modern Era
Saturday, January 17
The Thomistic Institute is hosting Julia Yost for the next installment in “The Art of the Beautiful” lecture series.
In Search of the Human Face
January 16-18
New York Encounter is a three-day public cultural festival sponsored by Communion and Liberation. The theme this year is “In Search of the Human Face,” and the lectures and exhibits “will feature speakers from all walks of life: artists, educators, scientists, lawyers, musicians, authors, and doctors.”
Elsewhere
The Catholic Roots of Religious Freedom
February 20-21
Birmingham, AL: Robert Louis Wilken will deliver this lecture at Beeson Divinity School. More details to come.
The Dreadful Christ of Pär Lagerkvist
It’s dangerous to meet a god,” says the disgraced Pythia in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Sibyl. Her observation…
The Possibility of Possibility
"Might could” is a Southern expression meaning “maybe I could” or “I might be able to,” conveying…
The False Promise of No Contact
Around the time nineteen-year-old Alice began cutting ties with her family, she announced on social media that…