MALIN said: But the new barbarian is no uncouth Desert-dweller; he does not emerge From fir forests; factories bred him; Corporate companies college towns Mothered his mind, and many journals Backed his beliefs. He was born here. The Bravura of revolvers in vogue now And the cult of death are quite at home Inside the …
Alan Jacobs: a Christian intellectual for the internet age
I was thrilled to read a feature online on Alan Jacobs, one of my favorite professors during my studies at Wheaton College, and also one of the few contemporary authors who I read nearly everything they write. While studying English literature as undergrads, my wife, Kelly, and I (as of then only dating) traveled to Oxford …
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Resourceful Christianity: Alan Jacobs on Rod Dreher and the Benedict Option
Alan Jacobs offers some helpful reflections on Christian traditions accessing a new way through dialogue with Rod Dreher's recent post ahead of the release of his book The Benedict Option. That’s it, I think. You have to get to the end of your rope, you have to come to the point where you can’t live any …
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Imagination and Temptation
During this past year, I read through Alan Jacobs' book Original Sin: A Cultural History. Jacobs was a professor of mine at Wheaton College and is an astute cultural commentator and author. In the midst of Jacobs' comparison of the original innocence of Adam and Eve with our own original sinfulness, he makes an interesting …
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