Jen Grabarczyk-Turner, León Ferrari, Mira Schendel

Tangled Alphabets: An Aesthetic of Language

Tangled Alphabets, an exhibit currently on display at The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City, brings together the works of visual artist contemporaries León Ferrari and Mira Schendel in their visual exploration of language.

Scott Cairns

Pure Enough

A poem about seeking inner peace amid the cacophony of public discourse.

Scott Cairns

Pure Enough

A poem about seeking inner peace amid the cacophony of public discourse.

Paul Jaussen

Lighting the Way: A Review of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

The Road1, with its impersonal depictions of cannibalism and murder in the aftermath of an unknown apocalypse, is one of the most spiritual novels written in recent years. The contrast may appear stark: how can the brutally physical reveal that which we tend to conceive of as transcendent? There is a long-standing assumption, at least […]

Daniel P. Rhodes, Mary McClintock Fulkerson

Language, Sexuality, and Gender in the Church: An Interview with Mary McClintock Fulkerson

TOJ: In the past several decades, many scholars and writers have begun to focus on how gender and sexuality are formed within the context of culture by the influences of culture. Could you explain what role you see culture playing in the formation of our conceptions of gender and sexuality? What might be beneficial in […]