Augustine and the Power of Memory
Saint Augustine is remembered as the “Doctor of Grace,” but a strong case can be made that he should be remembered as the Doctor of Memory. In…
Michael Lockshin’s Master and Margarita: Bulgakov Reduced to Walter Mitty
Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita is at once a pointed satire of the venal and corrupt literary establishment of 1930s Moscow and an artistic re-envisioning of…
Why the Best Art Conceals Effort
There are various famous Americanisms about “rolling up our sleeves," "hard work paying off,” and “pulling ourselves up by our own bootstraps.” Collectively, we admire effort. We…
Purple Martins
Return now, with your weightless arabesques. Let your sharp silhouettes pen a cursive script of poetry across a cobalt page of sky. Throw your weightless wonder upon…
Eric Voegelin: Philosopher of Reality
Scholarly engagements with the work of Eric Voegelin continue apace. Alongside evaluation and re-assessment, many Voegelin scholars also engage in what one might call "lens-crafting"—a move beyond…
The Problem of Power and the Hope of Transformative Love
What do Saint Augustine and Shakespeare’s King Lear have in common? Not much at first glance. One is a historic North African saint, the other a fictional…