Alan Jacobs has dedicated most of his career to bridging gaps not only between Christians and non-Christians but also between disciplines and audiences.
David J. Michael
David J. Michael is a writer and producer living in Brooklyn.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
How the hipster can save the monk (and vice versa)
By a bizarre twist of fate, the taste of the age, “hipster taste,” runs parallel to monastic notions of work, prayer and what we might call the monastic aesthetic.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
500 Years after the reformation, Swedes greet the first Jesuit pope.
“I love Påven!” said an old Swedish Lutheran.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
To mark the Reformation, Catholics and Lutherans are focusing on what unites them: justice and peace.
Pope Francis is in Sweden today to mark the start of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
Posted inFilm
A Commercial Christ: ‘Son of God’ presents a beautiful, blockbuster Jesus.
The “Son of God” will probably enjoy box-office success. But does that justify portraying the Son of God as a blockbuster movie hero?