The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode 23: Fandom and Fanaticism
We’re a little rusty, but give us a break: It’s been a month. Also: No bibliography today. Also also: Our special guest is my wife, Victoria Reynolds Farmer. General Introduction - David keeps his...
View ArticleAn Apologia for Jaws
I’ve actually missed two opportunities to talk about Jaws on our podcast. I realized mere hours after recording our episode on epic movies that, in other contexts, I’d made the argument that the 1975...
View ArticleThe Christian Humanist, Episode #27: Superheroes
General Introduction - Football season begins - What’s on the blog? - An argument about Jaws Our History with Superheroes - Crib notes: Only Gilmour was way into comics - Michial played too many video...
View ArticleA Link or Eight for to Ponder and Meditate
Susan McWilliams laments that Modern Family has benefits that actual modern life has stripped away from most families. Patrick Deneen wonders whether 18th-century liberalism had inherent in its...
View ArticleHitting the Links
Israeli chess grandmaster Alik Gershon sets a world record by beating 458 of 523 opponents simultaneously. Jenny Truax introduces distributism, an alternative to capitalism and socialism and...
View ArticleThis Week in Links
Teka Childress interviews four writers on distributionism as a follow-up to last week’s introduction. Christ the Center talks politics with civility and intelligence. CCEL offers a selection of...
View ArticleConservative Link Tank
RIP John Shawcross, Milton scholar. How Top Gun killed the American movie. Jerry Salyer warns against (and admits the inevitability of) a knee-jerk Europhobia. Leonard Davis demonstrates the painful...
View ArticleOsama Been Linkin’
The art of liveblogging the death of Osama bin Laden The Twitter feed in question Stephen Prothero on the sea burial of Osama bin Laden Jeff Wright asks some questions of Christians after the week’s...
View ArticleThe Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #93.3: Musical Theater
General Introduction - Skeleton crew - Cold weather - No listener feedback Opera as Super-Art - 16th-century Italy - Its roots in humanism and classicism - Connections to tragedy - Grappling with...
View ArticleThe Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #106: Witches
General Introduction - The end of the season - On doctoral regalia - Summer courses - Slightly less minor internet celebrities - Ongoing projects Witches in the Bible - Saul and the non-witch of Endor...
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