Where Have You Gone, Malcolm Gladwell?
Progressives, too, may be free riders on what we disdainfully call “the establishment”—benefiting from tradition but not contributing to it, or even dismissing it.
Philosophy
Craig Boyd on Envy as Insatiable Desire
Short-term Resident Scholar Craig Boyd examines virtues and vices in J.R.R. Tolkien's works, including Gollum's insatiable envy in The Lord of the Rings.
Why Believe in God? To Live Inside a Poem
There comes a time when a theology professor is asked: Why believe? For Gerald W. Schlabach, the answer is less Pascal's Wager and more poetry.
Jim Hofmann on Catholicism and Evolution
If each human is created in the image of God, how should we understand a scientific, evolutionary process driven by random mutation? Read our interview with Resident Scholar Jim Hofmann.
Reaching for Martin Buber
If I had not reached for that deceptively slim volume by Martin Buber at the used bookstore, today I would not be a professional theologian or a participant in the great adventure called dialogue.
