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Dec
28
Year-End List: Favorite Books During Another Solar Cycle
A few of my favorite reads from this year (excluding re-reads)
18 min read
Dec
13
Why Cyberpunk Matters
Though the genre is sometimes thought dated, cyberpunk books, movies, and video games are still relevant. They form a last-ditch effort at humanism in the face of machine dominance.
18 min read
Nov
04
The Church of Baseball
Baseball is emblematic of American religious consciousness: both institutional religion and nebulous spirituality. But it has a lot to teach us.
10 min read
Oct
18
My Book on Intelligent Design
My book on intelligent design has been completed and will be published in 2025 by NYU Press.
11 min read
Oct
03
A Review of David Bentley Hart's new book All Things Are Full of Gods
My review of David Bentley Hart's new book All Things Are Full of Gods (Yale 2024). On mind, God, evolution, and machines.
1 min read
Aug
22
A Theology of The Book of the New Sun: Sacrifice and Time
Part two of a theological investigation of Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun, focusing on sacrifice, time, and storytelling.
17 min read
Jul
30
A Theology of The Book of the New Sun: God and Creation
Part one of a theological investigation of Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun
13 min read
Jul
15
Shadow of the Erdtree, Shadow of the Torturer
An analysis of the religious symbolism in both Elden Ring and Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun.
14 min read
Jun
29
Tragedy of the E-Commons
The internet's pioneers envisioned it as a digital commons. Lately, this commons has become less an idealist agora and more a polluted park.
11 min read
Jun
11
In Defense of Machines
It's easy to focus on the bad results of new technology and machines--especially today as AI runs roughshod over us. But we must also remember its good.
12 min read