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.
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.
My Book on Intelligent Design
My book on intelligent design has been completed and will be published in 2025 by NYU Press.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Reading C.S. Lewis's Academic Books #3 - A Preface to Paradise Lost
Perhaps Lewis's most lasting contribution to literary criticism, he uses A Preface to Paradise Lost to push back against some confused trends.
