I appreciated Peter Berger’s mention of my new book, Thinking in Tongues: Pentecostal Contributions to Christian Philosophy, over at his blog at The American Interest (HT: to my friend, Harry Lew). The context or foil is Rudolf Bultmann’s oft-cited (and much maligned) claim that underwrote the project of demythologization: “It is impossible to use electric…
Comment has just published my article on the work of local poet, John Rybicki. Here’s the opening snippet: I was chaining my bike outside Literary Life, our local treasure of an independent bookstore, and was delighted to run into Rick and Brenda Beerhorst, our resident neighbourhood artists and activists who have been catalysts for redemption…
I’ve never tried posting a review from GoodReads, so thought I’d try a little experiment here: Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart My rating: 4 of 5 stars A quirky, prescient story set in the not-too-distant future. Comprised of the diary of Lenny Ambramov, interspersed with the “GlobalTeens” (aka Facebook?) communications of his…
‘Tis the season for JKAS videos, I guess. Some might recall that Brazos offered a little giveaway on their Facebook page, soliciting questions in connections with Letters to a Young Calvinist. We recorded short video responses to four questions, and the first two are now available. Q from Ben Dodd: Are there 1 or 2…
While I’ve been critical of Mark Lilla in the past, his article in last week’s New York Times Magazine, “The President and the Passions,” hits the nail on the head. In a way reminiscent of Charles Taylor’s critique of “intellectualist” philosophies of action, Lilla notes that Obama’s failures might stem from his over-estimation of the…
David Robinson, maestro behind The House, the Anglican campus ministry at the University of Ottawa, alerted me to a few clips from my recent lecture, “Beyond A/Theism: Postmodernity and the Future of Religion.” A DVD of the entire lecture is available from their website.