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A Most Passionate Inwardness: Reading Soren Kierkegaard with William James

Introduction  This series of essays is dedicated to reading Soren Kierkegaard through the radical empiricism of William James. The purpose is to use James’ thinking as an interpretative instrument through which several of Kierkegaard’s central categories: truth, subjectivity, selfhood, repetition, anxiety, and ethical existence—can be clarified … Continue reading A Most Passionate Inwardness: Reading Soren Kierkegaard with William James

The Last Speck of Dust: Considerations on the Chrisian as a Poet within a Sacramental Cosmos

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.

Faculty X: Theosis and Superconsciousness

This essay examines Colin Wilson’s Superconsciousness as a framework for understanding the Christian concept of theosis, which involves human transformation through divine grace. It outlines seven consciousness levels, culminating in mystical consciousness, and discusses how prayer and virtuous living facilitate this spiritual ascent towards unity with God, rooted in Eastern Orthodox theology.