In this episode of THINGS HIDDEN, David Gornoski is joined by the returning Craig Stewart for a conversation on Rene Girard’s enigmatic last book Battling to the End. How did Girard gain his special insight into the mimetic nature of human beings? Did religions like Jainism and Buddhism also expose the mechanism of violence as […]
Slavoj Žižek, the beloved Communist philosopher, joins David Gornoski, son of a preacher and founder of A Neighbor’s Choice, to discuss how Holy Spirit community can coordinate solutions in the worldwide contagion. Among the topics explored are markets vs. force as well as the problem with government regulatory agencies and intellectual property. Whilst speaking of […]
Very few films have defined a genre. One of these films is the 1927 German silent movie Metropolis. Directed by legendary filmmaker Fritz Lang, Metropolis is a dystopian sci-fiction movie that touches on important socio-political and even theological aspects of modern society. Made during the Weimar era—a time when Germany was in political and economic […]