“Equivalences of Experience and Symbolization in History” is one of Eric Voegelin’s better-known essays, and its arguments concerning the nature —the structure, persistence, and historical constancy amidst…
The Black Sun In an essay he wrote entitled: Atheism and Monotheism Jean-Luc Nancy used the metaphor of the “black sun” to describe atheism. He writes: “The…
We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God. David T. Koyzis. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2014. It seems almost a truism that…
The Case for Catholic Education: Why Parents, Teachers, and Politicians Should Reclaim the Principles of Catholic Pedagogy. Ryan N. S. Topping. Kettering, OH: Angelico Press, 2015. …
Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth. David Bentley Hart. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2003. The Beauty of the Infinite is a…
“Equivalences of Experience and Symbolization in History” (1971)[1] is, in my view, one of Eric Voegelin’s five most important stand-alone essays, along with “Immortality: Experience and Symbol”…
Tyrants: A History of Power, Injustice, and Terror. Waller R. Newell. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Tyrants is the third book by Waller Newell…
The Second Birth: On the Political Beginnings of Human Existence. Tilo Schabert. Translated by Javier Ibáñez-Noé. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. Tilo Schabert’s The Second…
In the realm of "phenomenology of the neighbor," perhaps no one has contributed more than the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. But the generation before preceded his ontology of…
What Constitutes the Leap in Being? Let it be known there is a fountain That was not made by the hands of men. – Robert Hunter &…
A few years ago, in spite of being a life-long agnostic, I had occasion to pray. A wonderful woman had come into my life, and I felt…
The Fool of New York City. Michael D. O’Brien. San Francisco: Ignatius Press. 2016. Those who have read some of Michael D. O’Brien’s novels might think…
The Statement of the Problem The key to understanding the nature of government is to be found in the old debate between realists and political utopians of…