On the Condition of Rural America
Jeff Gundy remembers an emotionally charged evening in the church of his youth.
Jeff Gundy remembers an emotionally charged evening in the church of his youth.
In the second part of his two-part essay, Andrew Krinks continues his essay on why being human on Tennessee’s death row demands being more than just a body; it demands soulfulness.
In this two-part essay, Andrew Krinks explains that to be human on Tennessee’s death row demands being more than just a body; it demands soulfulness.
THE SOUL St Anne’s College, University of Oxford 28 June – 1 July 2013 Ever since Descartes, the soul understood as immediate mental consciousness has tended to stand as a last bastion securing religious belief against naturalistic reduction. But today that bastion is under assault from the ‘new atheists’. However, the bastion is proving very […]
In “Longing,” Maryann Hannan examines the contrast between a psalm’s proclamation of trust and her own unending spiritual desires.
This essay advocates a biblical emphasis on life promotion and suicide prevention as freedom from a fatalistic and tragic life, especially in contrast to the ancient Greek fascination with death and suicide.
A poem by Brian G. Phipps that dwells between waking and sleeping, life and death.
In this spoken-word poem, Matthew Brouwer riffs on his ideal presidential candidate, a leader who knows the blues.