For Osmair Candido, who has worked as a gravedigger for the past 30 years, the pandemic was worse than a nightmare, an ordeal the Brazilian overcame only with the help of a few old friends -- ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. Early in life, the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was bestowed the nickname gaflen, or “fork,” ...

The Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi is about noticing and appreciating imperfection, impermanence, and the understated beauty in everyday life. Embracing the principles of wabi-sabi might be the ...

Political philosopher Hannah Arendt, fled her native Germany during the Nazis’ persecution of Jews and found refuge in the United States. Writing about authoritarianism, Arendt coined the phrase “the ...

For believers, pursuing a philosophical life is the opposite of having your head in the clouds. Philosophy sometimes gets a bad reputation, even in Christian circles. As some critics might put it: ...

Kevin McCain, Ph.D., a philosopher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was struck with the same question of understanding life and chose to unravel the answer through a scientific lens. As a ...

Why the church should learn to appreciate Christ as the world’s greatest thinker. Let me begin with a brief lament. As a Christian philosopher who teaches future ministry leaders and speaks to lay ...

‘Faragher was many things during his life,’ he said. ‘But he was also a poet, tradition bearer, philosopher, storyteller, translator, sermoniser, singer, and man of letters, who wrote beautifully and ...

Around five years ago, David—a pseudonym—realized that he was fighting with his girlfriend all the time. On their first date, he had told her that he hoped to have sex with a thousand women before he ...

Some people obsessively monitor presidential election polls. Others ignore any political news like an overdue bill. And a few probably wish they could just press a button and fast-forward past this ...

Director Jeff Bieber discusses his new documentary “Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny.” Political philosopher Hannah Arendt, fled her native Germany during the Nazis' persecution of Jews and found refuge ...