The Writer and the Christian

Leithart suggests in Deep Comedy that because the ancient world viewed all theology and metaphysics as inherently tragic and degenerative, tragedy became a kind of glory for them. “European antiquity . . . was characterized by an ethos of ‘glorious sadness.’” (p. 45)
This was an interesting suggestion not partially because it suggests that through heroic […]

Been reading Peter Leithart’s Deep Comedy: Trinity, Tragedy, and Hope in Western Literature, for which much rejoicing. The book is absolutely fantastic, and it blew my mind in a number of passages. His suggestion that the statue in Daniel 7 which moves from gold to silver to bronze to iron to iron and clay is […]

I’ve always been a fan of U2. But I’d never imagine I’d be saying that their album Joshua Tree is quite possibly the greatest collection of songs I think I’ve ever heard. That’s my thought, and Rolling Stone said the same thing.
Nothing terribly profound today, except maybe: listen to U2. Not that I’m a particularly […]

I’ve been on a global warming binge lately. With every presidential candidate, on either side of the divide, committed to passing Kyoto in the good ol’ U.S. of A., and wishing to be an informed citizen, I have read everything I can get my hands on about the topic of global warming.
I present to you […]