AI, the Death of 'Humanity,' the Birth of Opportunity
Thoughts occasioned by AI's destruction of the college classroom. What is education for? And can religion offer any help?
It Should Be Difficult to Be a Christian: A Review of Stanley Hauerwas's Jesus Changes Everything
Stanley Hauerwas challenges American Christians in his latest book Jesus Changes Everything
Year-End List: Favorite Books During Another Solar Cycle
A few of my favorite reads from this year (excluding re-reads)
The Church of Baseball
Baseball is emblematic of American religious consciousness: both institutional religion and nebulous spirituality. But it has a lot to teach us.
Reading C.S. Lewis's Academic Books #3 - A Preface to Paradise Lost
Perhaps Lewis's most lasting contribution to literary criticism, he uses A Preface to Paradise Lost to push back against some confused trends.
You Are (Not) a Machine
Reflections on the machine metaphor inspired by Joy Marie Clarkson's book You Are a Tree.
The Terrible Permanence of Technological Memory
Is redemption possible in a world where the machine never forgets?