This week, meet the Platonists of Illinois and the Hegelians of St. Louis, Prickly Porcupine on Natural Law, Inklings on the move, childcare policy, Pindar, and more.
Interview: Timothy Larsen on George MacDonald’s Diary of an Old Soul
Timothy Larsen is the McManis Professor of Christian Thought and Professor of History at Wheaton College. He is a Contributing Editor at Current and as of this summer, the author of four books on the nineteenth-century Scottish George MacDonald. This […]
Secular academia’s hostility to professors
While higher tier institutions may have a problem with conservatives, lower-tier state universities have a problem with faculty.
Blessing of Unicorns: Fighting Despair, embracing useless knowledge, light-up bath toys supply chains, and more
One unicorn is just one unicorn. Did you even see it, you wonder. Gather a herd together, and they form a Blessing of Unicorns upon your weekend! This week, be encouraged to fight despair, read good books (the two are […]
Child hostages in Gaza: UN security council hears report
Nearly 11 months after the Hamas attack, the U.N. finally hears a report on child hostages.
FORUM: AI and Education
What do we do now that robots have entered the classroom?
Blessing of Unicorns: Postliberalism, third party voting, how “Studying the Midwest became cool,” and more!
One unicorn is just, well, one unicorn. Gather a herd together, though, and they form a Blessing of Unicorns upon your day!
“More Christian Colleges Will Close. Can They Finish Well?” My piece in Christianity Today
John Fea has been blogging extensively about the crisis in Christian higher ed and, really, higher ed more generally–see here for content on this site tagged as “higher education.” This has also been a matter of great concern for me […]
David Bentley Hart’s newest book is out (and so is my review in Christianity Today)
David Bentley Hart’s newest book reminds that for much of human existence, people were more Thales than Richard Dawkins.
Blessing of Unicorns: Peculiar or weird, a book-loving burglar, writing in books, and more!
In this week’s Unicorns roundup, essays on what it means for Christians to be a peculiar people, one book-loving burglar, how to read philosophy, and more.
Byung-Chul Han: An interview with Steven Knepper, Ethan Stoneman, and Robert Wyllie
A new book on “the internet’s new favorite philosopher”–an interview with the authors.
The Arena is on vacation (and a few reading recommendations from the Current vault)!
Arena is on vacation–but there are some great reads from Current vault!
Songs of Wheat, Refrains of Birds
Self-sufficiency comes all too easily. The ravens know a better way.
Blessing of Unicorns: Nature, plants, novels, homeschooling, and trying to write better
This week’s Unicorns: essays on living creatures, plant life, homeschooling and parental rights, and trying to write better with the help of two masters of the craft.
Yes, there is one pro-life party in this election
It’s just that you might never have heard of it–but you should.
What if I don’t want to punch left or right?
On resisting the discourse of outrage.
Blessing of Unicorns: Kids playing in the streets, outsourcing hard things, Elisabeth Elliot, parmesan cheese, and more
In this roundup: kids playing in the streets, the cost of outsourcing hard things, Elisabeth Elliot and the writing of biography, technological anxiety, conservatives in academia, cheese sponsorships, and a really good book I just started.
My reflections on homeschooling in Christianity Today
The modern life is much too compartmentalized. It isn’t good for us.
Current’s 100 Books of the 21st Century
In response to NYT’s list of 100 books of the 21st century, we at Current have compiled our own list.
What do laws of war mean in the age of drones?
The history of targeting civilians in war is long. Modern international humanitarian law is unable to end the practice.