Untitled. (Ausgrabung eines überdimensionalen Totenkopfes), 1911 by Fritz Janowski Radioactive Love Like a radioactive substance, Love is leaking into the world from the porous walls of the Church, leaving everything irreparably changed. Matthew A. Stanley • Christianity
"Pandemonium" by John Martin (1841) Do you believe in evil? To lose evil is also to lose good – at least, a certain conception of good. Matthew A. Stanley • Theology
Antigone and the corpse of her brother Polynieces Every law is founded on a crime "There are no more cannibals, because we ate the last one yesterday," Zupančič jokes wryly to capture the essential logic of law. Matthew A. Stanley • Book review
Upcoming seminar: The Art of Exit I'm excited to announce that I'll be facilitating "The Art of Exit: The Poetry and Politics of Reclusion in medieval Japan" at Incite Seminars on May 4th, 11th, and 18th! Please join us for three Saturdays in May at 10 AM (Pacific) to explore Matthew A. Stanley
An Inconsolable Demand: Lament, Desire, Hope What if we defined lament not as the mourning of a loss, but the refusal to accept any consolation for that loss? Matthew A. Stanley • Theology
"The Island" by Walton Ford (Triptych) When liberation isn't liberating What happens when the injunction to be free has become the inner message of power? Matthew A. Stanley • Philosophy