2012 - Comment Magazine

Feb 24, 2012 Uncategorized

The Monsters Among Us

Examining our history—and ourselves—through our unicorns, sea serpents, witches, aliens, and zombies.

Feb 22, 2012 Uncategorized

Cultivating Her Creative Calling

Beth Giles’s business is an example of how a Christian can engage in the market economy with a creative vision.

Feb 20, 2012 Uncategorized

A Regimen of Aimless Strolling

Billy Collins sashays into Big Ideas with apparent ease, poem after poem—death, love, the self, the death of love, love of the self. Beginning with the impossible or the mundane he transforms the conversation, like a witty party guest, into larger questions: Who am I? Why am I here?

Feb 17, 2012 Uncategorized

Life-Long Learners 14.0

Fourteenth in an expert series on must-read books.

Feb 15, 2012 Uncategorized

The Stuffed Shark and the Insecurity of Culture

In Christ “all things,” including a $12 million stuffed shark and a $200,000 canvas with oil paints smeared on it, hold together.

Feb 13, 2012 Uncategorized

Christian Practices in the College Classroom

A new collection articulates an entry point for Christian faculty seeking to integrate the hospitality of their faith with their teaching.

Feb 10, 2012 Uncategorized

Small is Beautiful (Except When it Isn’t)

Even the most dedicated advocates of communitarian conservative values at some level realize that the flourishing they experience is, to a great extent, made possible by global markets.

Feb 8, 2012 Uncategorized

Where the Conflict Really Lies

Plantinga’s mature reflection on science and religion contends that Christianity, not Naturalism, has a foundation, which has led to the flourishing of science.