Arts & Culture
A musician meets Flannery O’Connor at the crossroads
“She made room for me to wrestle,” says North Carolina songwriter Colin Cutler, “room for doubt, for the idea that grace might move even when belief gets messy.”
The art of marital crisis
Splitsville and The Roses arrive at a time when the institution of marriage itself is on the rocks.
What is English Christianity?
Peter Ackroyd sees a special historical relationship between the development of a distinctively English sensibility and that of the English church.
Being devoted to being inspired
“We spend a lot of time identifying kids with talent and training them on technique,” says writer Carey Wallace. “But there’s virtually no rigorous thought on inspiration.”
When monsters preach
In the mythological universes created by horror films, Jesuit priest Ryan Duns finds insights about God.
Breaking cycles of violence with How to Train Your Dragon
I went to see a family movie. I got a lesson in René Girard’s mimetic theory.
Carmy Berzatto’s will to change
The protagonist of The Bear wants to believe that art and excellence don’t require trauma and abuse.
The fear of being filmed
Tyler, the Creator’s album Don’t Tap the Glass suggests that our phone cameras pose a threat to our embodied human freedom.