Among the great American novelists of the twentieth century, few have proven more prophetic than Philip K Dick. His novels are often shelved under science fiction, yet that label obscures the deeper nature of his work. Dick was not merely interested in futuristic gadgets or speculative worlds. He was concerned with metaphysics, memory, identity, death, […]
Adnane Mokrani’s “Towards an Islamic Theology of Nonviolence” is perhaps the only engagement with René Girard’s anthropology written from within an Islamic framework. In the aftermath of 9/11, Girard often suggested that militant Islam represented a possible return of sacrificial religion into history. Mokrani’s work can be read, at least in part, as a response […]
Why is there an increasing trend among the youth toward Christianity? I cannot claim a definitive answer, not least because I am no longer young. At best, I can draw from my own experience and cautiously speculate. My own journey began with a simple but overwhelming realization: that God loves human beings far more deeply […]
I recently had the pleasure of watching “Project Hail Mary” on the big screen with a close friend; it was one of the best experiences I’ve had in a movie theatre in a long time. The film is refreshingly optimistic, as my friend put it, and offers something much needed in our current climate of […]
Those who seek to hasten the return of Christ (or the first advent of a messiah) through war would do well to reflect on “A Canticle for Leibowitz,” the haunting work of Walter M. Miller Jr.. Far from presenting catastrophe as a prelude to divine renewal, Miller’s novel offers a sobering vision of history caught […]
This week, Benjamin Netanyahu stood before the cameras amid the smoke of his expanding wars and declared with the confidence of a man who believes history still belongs to the ruthless: “Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan. Because if you are strong enough, ruthless enough, powerful enough, evil will overcome good.” This was no gaffe. […]
In a recent speech, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued that Jesus holds no advantage over Genghis Khan, reasoning that power alone is capable of defeating what he perceives as “evil.” Netanyahu’s statement reflects a profound ignorance not only of history, but of morality itself. Palestinian Christian minister Isaac Munther rightly identified this in his […]
Is Liberalism “Evil” as Many Christians in America Claim? In many Christian conservative circles today there is a powerful narrative that liberalism is inherently evil. It is described as a force that tears down tradition, undermines morality, and attacks religion itself. Yet this narrative does not withstand careful reflection on how liberal ideas have actually […]
Rabindranath Tagore’s impact on Indian literature cannot be overstated. At a time when nationalism was blazing across continents, often hardening into violent exclusion and mass mobilization, Tagore articulated a vision that transcended tribal boundaries and elevated the dignity of the human person. While Europe descended into xenophobia, war, and racial persecution, India embarked on a […]
Nikolai Berdyaev’s philosophy of spirit, freedom, and creativity stands as one of the most striking attempts of the twentieth century to imagine a renewed Christianity. His religious existentialism is not an abandonment of the Christian tradition, nor is it a program to replace the Church with human self-assertion. Instead, it is an appeal to recover […]