For Simone Weil, justice is primarily an act of paying attention, which protects the sacred cry in every human being not to be hurt.

In the face of death, Tocqueville and Pascal saw two paths toward despair—but Pope Benedict XVI offers a third way of confronting mortality.

Identifying privilege offers insight into grace and allows us to take responsibility for both our own responses and the needs of others.

The independent rootlessness of emerging adults presents potent opportunities for the practice of hospitality.

The bankruptcy of Detroit is a consequence of multi-faceted social problems that defy simple solutions and pat answers. To love the city will require more than creative thinking.

As we become ever more dependent on big data to answer our questions and solve our problems, we must consider the implications of an epistemology that rejects the abstract and the unknowable.

In the face of disaster, tragedy, and disease, Christians must recognize both the reality of worldly evil and the ultimate goodness and power of God.

Martin’s Game of Thrones may be a fantasy epic to match our time, but it owes much to the fundamental categories of good and evil developed by Tolkien in the context of 20th century strife.

Walter White’s descent from moral indifference to true evil is not a sudden plunge, but rather a slow slide begun in pride and paved with the noblest of intentions.

A comparison of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby and Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder uncovers the deep relationship between love, creativity, and truth.