Introduction The origin of this essay arose from a deeply cynical conversation at work as to why individuals within a workplace put such a high premium on the recognition of their status and roles to the point that it comes to consume and define their … Continue reading The Failed Immortality Project: Becker, Graeber, and the Administration of Mortality
This essay explores how Christians can cultivate a poetic sensibility to find meaning and purpose in life. By examining the effects of materialism and science on spirituality, it highlights insights from various philosophers and invites an artistic engagement with Creation, emphasizing relationality, creativity, and the transformative power of love in human experience.
Jaws (1975) transcends its blockbuster status through improvisational production and aesthetic innovation amid constraints. The film’s editing, cinematography, and score converge, crafting a heightened sense of suspense and atmosphere. It explores themes of masculinity, authority, and existential dread, revealing a complex interplay among characters against an unseen, incomprehensible threat.
This essay synthesizes the Patristic cosmology of St. Basil the Great and Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy, focusing on their views of time, divine nature, and creation. Both thinkers present layered, meaningful models of temporality shaped by divine intention, emphasizing the relational and participatory aspects of time in connection with God’s activity and redemption.
This essay examines Ambiguum 41 by St. Maximos the Confessor through the perspectives of Hans Jonas and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It argues that humans, as mediators between the divine and the cosmos, engage in a participatory role in creation. Both thinkers emphasize the significance of relational being, freedom, and the potential for transformation through understanding and love.
The Beginning of Terror 