Mary Magdalene: A Poem
And when the fits were on me I wanted to abandon myself, strike my foot on a new mountain, sacrifice my voice. In me, the bride led…
Continuity, Symbolism, and the Logos in the Prologue of the Gospel of John
The opening prologue of the gospel of St. John is theologically rich, puzzling, and poetic, thereby imbuing it with rich symbolism and imagery. The declaration that “In…
Eric Voegelin Society Barcelona Conference
ERIC-VOEGELIN-GESELLSCHAFT JAHRESTAGUNG DER ERIC-VOEGELIN-GESELLSCHAFT ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ERIC-VOEGELIN-GESELLSCHAFT BODY IDEAS AND POLITICAL COMMUNITIES IN VOEGELIN’S EARLY WORK BARCELONA, 16TH AND 17TH DECEMBER 2022 Coordination: Bernat Torres…
Motivations to Murder
For this semester I’ll offer my reflections on an introductory, freshmen-level course on western core texts that I am teaching. Overhearing a young officer and a…
Participation with the Divine through Music: Earl Davey’s “The Arts and the Christian Life”
Earl Davey. The Arts and The Christian Life. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2022. As the late philosopher Roger Scruton writes, “Beauty is a real and…
Quo Vadis Europa?
In May 2017, a group of European conservative scholars and intellectuals met in Paris. They were brought together by their common concern about the state of European…
Beethoven’s Mass in C
Beethoven’s Mass in C major, Op. 86, is much less well known than his late sacred masterpiece the Missa Solemnis, and a common attitude sees it as…
At Twilight: A Poem
Nobody will come, nothing will change, The day will continue to drag its hours Through dusk, evening, then the night: The cold will intensify, lodge in flesh,…
The False Promise of Money in “Crime and Punishment”
For this semester I’ll offer my reflections on an introductory, freshmen-level course on western core texts that I am teaching. One of the fascinating questions Dostoevsky…
Resurrecting Romantic Enchantment: A Review of Kurt R. Ward’s “Endymion”
Kurt R. Ward. Endymion or the State of Entropy: A Lyric Drama. Illustrations by Rebecca Yanovskaya. Amsterdam, 2022. “The shades of Dawn begin to descend /…
Populism and the Crisis of the Knowledge Elite
When the French Revolution abolished the Estates General and appeared to usher in the Enlightenment virtues of egalitarianism, the accepted liberal historical view was that the age…
Locke’s Religion: Foundation or Façade?
As the cracks and fissures within our society become visible, we see increasing debate about our society’s foundational principles of classical liberalism, and the man at the…
Finnish Perfection: The Sibelius Violin Concerto
It’s complex, gripping, devilishly complicated, and sounds like no other concerto in the violin repertoire. Listening to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’ violin concerto, you hear dark, wintry night; pure,…
The Shovel & the Song: A Poem
Chinquapin fields yielded more than just rows Of okra, cotton, or tobacco leaves Seventy years ago. A boy with hands Borne to work like shovel and spade…
Dostoevsky on Descartes
For this semester I’ll offer my reflections on an introductory, freshmen-level course on western core texts that I am teaching. Earlier in the semester we had…