Welcome. This is a trauma-informed group. By Anna Mercedes Counterpoint is a reminder that we need to listen to each other, especially to voices beyond our usual crowds and disciplines, in order to heal the Read more…
Understanding the Influence of Contemporary Evangelical Christianities By Dion Forster In an era of increasing secularization, evangelical Christianities are becoming increasingly influential in public life. What are the reasons behind this? And how should we Read more…
Who Knows the Day and the Hour? Date Setting, Climate Change, and Apocalypse By Susannah Crockford We have twelve years to save the world. When I first heard this statement in June 2018, it was Read more…
The (Really) Originalist Position on Guns—and Your Fife and Drum, Too By Marcia Pally Odessa, Texas: 31 Aug. 2019. Dayton, Ohio: 4 Aug. 2019. El Paso, Texas: 3 Aug. 2019. Virginia Beach, Virginia: 31 May Read more…
Counterpoint One Year On: Reflections and Experiences By Whitney A. Bauman and Kocku von Stuckrad One trip around the sun, four seasons, four events, and fifty blog posts later, Counterpoint is turning one! We have Read more…
Shorter and Sweeter By Alissa Jones Nelson The issue of immortality, whether spiritual or corporeal, has fascinated human beings for as long as we’ve told stories. The idea of eternal life has been both a Read more…
Here’s to Astrology! By Kocku von Stuckrad Astrology is a fascinating and controversial topic. Many people in Europe and North America share the idea that astrology is some superstitious gibberish (perhaps with the exception of Read more…
Let’s Get Metaphysical: A Response to James Miller on Cosmology and Practical Action on the Environment By John J. Thatamanil Photo credit: “Yin Yang” by Sapperlott is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 In a July 16th blog for this Read more…
Developing a Critical Romanticism By Whitney A. Bauman Modern human thought, philosopher Bruno Latour writes, “takes us far away” from the physical world. It defies connections to matter, as if thought were distinct from the Read more…
Why Endangered Species Need Patron Saints By Sarah M. Pike With some of my students, I bent down to fill a cup and drink from Saint Gobnait’s holy well in the woods near Ballyvourney, a Read more…
