by Kevin Bauder | Aug 16, 2017 | Affections, Ethics
Peter Leithart contrasts the answers given by Kant and Aristotle. In Aristotelian ethics, the passions aren’t a matter of choice, not in the moment when we experience them. Yet, emotions can be trained. . . . We aren’t responsible for the momentary...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 2, 2017 | Affections, Culture
In his discussion of “Ten Mangled Words,” David DeBruyn opens an examination of “Authenticity.” Only a narcissistic generation would imagine that it had stumbled upon the meaning of authenticity, and that those that went before them were...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 19, 2017 | Affections, Anthropology, Civility, Conservatism, Culture, Epistemology, Hamartiology, Logic and Argumentation, Philosophy, Science, Secularism, Social Issues, Technology
Richard Weaver was one of the three or four most important founders of modern conservatism. His Ideas Have Consequences is probably the most important work in defining a conservative outlook. His notion of “metaphysical dream” is priceless. The Imaginative...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 2, 2017 | Affections, Culture, Music
When I used to buy rock albums, my favorite band was Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. They were pioneers of what eventually came to be called Prog, or “Progressive Rock.” The idea was that they combined rock rhythms with classical structures–easy enough...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 25, 2016 | Affections, Alumni, Art and Literature, Christianity, Christology, Devotion, Holidays, Our Alumni, Theology, Worship
You can see the image and read a good discussion of the painting by David De Bruyn at Churches Without Chests.
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 11, 2016 | Affections, Angelology, Christology, Devotion
Translated by Anna Staples This poem is a translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Verkündigung,” from the Book of Images. Playful and poignant, the poem envisions the confusion of the angel Gabriel in the presence of Mary, as he forgets his message and is overwhelmed...
