Getty Images From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween’s most popular – and most esoteric – traditions. With its […]
Month: October 2024
Apostle and the Machinery of Religion: What Makes It Work?
I What makes religion work? This is a more complex question than it might first appear. A thoughtless answer is likely to give a knee-jerk […]
Blitz and the truth about London’s greatest wartime horror
Apple TV+ Oscar-winner Steve McQueen’s latest film offers a new perspective on life in the capital during the devastating 1940-41 Nazi bombing campaign – dispelling […]
11 of the best TV shows to watch this November
HBO From a small-screen spinoff of the Denis Villeneuve Dune films to the return of Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters, these are the shows to stream […]
The Humane Vision of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
I first saw Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre under the best of possible circumstances. No more than sixteen years old, I was marooned […]
Explorations of Tribalism in Death Stranding, Sable, and Chants of Sennaar
These three unique takes on tribalism highlight the wide-ranging discourse that can be found in the modern gaming landscape . . . This content is for Christ […]
“All Things Change, Nothing Perishes”—The Body in Annihilation
Spoiler Alert: This article contains mild spoilers for the book and movie Annihilation. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book in just […]
Coming Soon: A CAPC Exploration of Tribalism in Our Divisive Age
We’re heading into what certainly seems like the most fraught election in United States history—a sensation due in large part to the divisive and tribalistic […]
Living for Truth in the Age of AI
In 1999’s The Matrix, Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) brings the newly freed Neo (Keanu Reeves) up to speed with a history lesson. At some point in […]
The Grace of Phantom Pain
I dread mornings. I wake to a world without my daughter in it. Jess died nine years ago. She was twenty-six. Many bereaved parents know […]