Ronnie Knox, the Priest as Man of Letters
The eclipse in Ronald Knox’s fortunes after his death contrasts starkly with the recognition that he had enjoyed in his lifetime as writer, classicist,…
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The Conversion of Stanley Hauerwas
Life writing in a postsecular age is complicated business, just ask Stanley Hauerwas. Few life writings in recent years have stirred as much interest…
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Theology of the Body in Modern Horror
In the history of the development of the horror novel certain periods become associated with certain social and cultural anxieties. The classic example is…
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The Gritty Realism of Thomas Hardy
It is a commonly held opinion that Thomas Hardy, the prolific Victorian poet and novelist, is a pessimist. This perspective is documented well in a…
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Reviews: Authors’ Minds & Metallica
Patrick Colm Hogan, How Authors’ Minds Make Stories. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013, xxi + 227 pp., £55.00/$90.00, cloth. In How Authors’ Minds…
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Review: Re-Approaching Gregory of Nyssa
Hans Boersma, Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Edited by Gillian Clark and Andrew Louth. Oxford: Oxford…
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The Joy of Being Blindfolded: Or Why You Should Read Thomas Pynchon
Everyone has at least one piece of literature they are congenitally afraid of picking up. Be it the fear and trembling of page count,…
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