Mark Russell

The Advent Conspiracy: An Interview with Josh Butler

In this interview, Josh Butler describes his work with the Advent Conspiracy, an organization that challenges popular consumerist responses to Christmas and seeks to recapture that sense that there is something prophetic and countercultural about Christmas, that a different kingdom is being celebrated when we celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Lee Passarella

There’s a Divinity…

In this poem, Lee Passarella muses on the education of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, an artist who one hundred years after his death still has his ardent admirers and his ardent critics.

Meroid Westphal

Atheism for Lent

In this essay, Fordam University’s Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Merold Westphal, challenges the reader to examine her soul during the Lenten season through the work of the famous atheists Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud.