Steven Wilson Brings Humanism to Dallas

Prog-rockers, like mystics, often attempt to go deep, or better yet, to lead us somewhere – somewhere more enriching than where we currently are; somewhere that requires patience and focus to experience fully.

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Steven Wilson Brings Humanism to Dallas

Prog-rockers, like mystics, often attempt to go deep, or better yet, to lead us somewhere – somewhere more enriching than where we currently are; somewhere that requires patience and focus to experience fully.

Oct 224 min read

Alasdair MacIntyre: An Appreciation

Reading After Virtue was like finding a map of the intellectual terrain I had been stumbling through in the dark.

May 244 min read

Pope Leo XIV and the Present Eclipse of Authority

'Authority' is a term in disrepute, often connoting something negative like authoritarianism and totalitarianism. But the Italian philosopher Augusto Del Noce did not see it that way. He believed that our age is experiencing a profound crisis of authority. In his long, illuminating essay "Authority and Power", Del Noce argues that "the eclipse of the idea of authority is one of the essential characteristics of today's world; in fact, it is the most immediately observable cha

May 185 min read

St. Augustine, The Exorcist, and the Idolatry of Self

With the election of an Augustinian pope, will ancient wisdom be given another chance to help solve modern problems?

May 1417 min read

ROBERT MIXA

Robert Mixa is the Executive Director and Founder of the Spe Salvi Institute. Additionally, he is a history teacher in Kraków, Poland. He was a fellow at the Word on Fire Institute for several years, studied for a BA in philosophy at Saint Louis University and then earned an MTS in biotechnology and ethics at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of America. He and his wife live near Kraków. Contact: rmixa@spesalviinstitute.com

ANDREW PETIPRIN

Andrew Petiprin is the Editor-in-Chief and Founder of the Spe Salvi Institute. Additionally, he is a columnist for Catholic World Report and host of the Ignatius Press podcast. He is a regular contributor to The Catholic Herald and Catholic Answers, and his work has appeared in The European Conservative, The Lamp, The American Conservative, and numerous other publications. He is co-author of the forthcoming book Popcorn with the Pope: A Guide to the Vatican Film List. He was a British Marshall Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford and is a former fellow of the Word on Fire Institute. He and his family live in Plano, Texas. Contact: apetiprin@spesalviinstitute.com

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