Encountering an Icon: Thomas Eakins’ ‘The Crucifixion’
‘There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists.’ [1] With these two provocative little sentences, E.H. Gombrich begins his famed…
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Three Reasons Why You Should Read More Poetry
when any mortal(even the most odd) can justify the ways of man to God i’ll think it strange that normal mortals can not…
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Waiting on the Word: Anne Ridler’s ‘Christmas and Common Birth’
Editor’s Note: For our third Advent reflection on Malcolm Guite’s, Waiting on the Word (Canterbury Press, 2015), Kevin Antlitz reflects upon Anne Ridler’s ‘Christmas and Common…
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Metaphor Matters: an Apology for Theodrama
‘All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in…
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Achtung Baby: How to Live in an Age of Distraction
When a monk asks you a question, it’s generally wise to listen. I learned this lesson on my annual silent retreat at the monastery…
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Review: The Soul of the World
Roger Scruton. The Soul of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, viii + 205 pp., $27.95 cloth. In this, the forty-first text of…
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The Salt of the Earth: A Meditation
‘We are a ferocious animal. We humans are terrible animals. Here in Europe, in Africa, in South America, everywhere. We are extremely violent. Our…
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