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Jacob Collier and Humanity’s Collective Voice

Jacob Collier’s career became a celebration of unity and diversity without restrictions.

Apostle and the Machinery of Religion: What Makes It Work?

Does religion guarantee us deliverance out of the predicaments of being alive? Is it a machine we operate to tame and exploit transcendent reality?

The Humane Vision of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The original Texas Chain Saw Massacre stands as one of the great cinematic explorations of evil.

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.

“All Things Change, Nothing Perishes”—The Body in Annihilation

The horror of this story is the annihilation of identity, the erosion of a personal self that has a recognizable shape.

Coming Soon: A CAPC Exploration of Tribalism in Our Divisive Age

As we draw closer to Election Day, and even after the ballots have been cast, we want to consider how forces are seeking to drive us apart, and to what end.

Living for Truth in the Age of AI

AI’s ultimate legacy may end up being the damage that it does to our ability to understand, determine, and agree upon what is real.

The Grace of Phantom Pain

Comparing the continuing presence of a dead loved one to a phantom limb is more than metaphor: it’s a transformative experience.

Midnight ’til One Belongs to the Dead: Hauntology in The Fog

Ghosts are signifiers of something that has gone wrong: a secret that has not been brought to light, an injustice that has not been righted.

The Life Wildcat Saves May Be Your Own

Seeking to rid hypocrisy from the lives of others can become a distraction from our need to come to Christ in repentance.

The Age of Fantasy: Competing Visions, Colliding Worlds

I now understand why the fantasy world imagined by Stan Lee offered a more compelling mythological lens than the world imagined by Tolkien did.

Salt without Saltiness: The Death of Hospitality in The Bear

Season 3 of The Bear stands as a warning against the kind of mission drift that can rob a caring institution of its hospitality.

Poor Things and the Pursuit of Pleasure

Poor Things reflects a dark and scathing image of our world, of our disordered longings, and of the quest to satisfy them.

Fallout and the Metamodern Search for Story

Lucy is an idealist in search of a story, a believer desperately seeking something worthy of belief.

Let’s Talk About Abbott and Costello Movies (and a Communion of Grief)

With a heart that came near to breaking, Costello made the world laugh: the more he suffered, the more he wanted to bring healing to others.

Eric: Bringing Light to the Darkness and Facing Our Monsters

Maybe we have to hit rock bottom in order to see ourselves in the mirror truthfully.