Archive for December, 2008

Theology in Iconography.

Monday, December 29th, 2008

“When you want to paint the walls of a church, begin with a circle of different colors at the top of the cupola, as if you were drawing a rainbow amidst the coulds during the storm. Inside the circle, represent the Christ blessing and carrying the Gospels with the letters IC XC. Below, ... More


Engineering an Empire: The Byzantine Empire–V

Friday, December 26th, 2008

The fifth and last video taken from a documentary broadcast on the History Channel. ... More


The God who did not Fail

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

The modern west is currently engaged in a deeply incoherent and, in multiple ways, dangerous experiment. On the one hand, some sectors of our society have chosen to push the old Christian insight about human freedom to absurd lengths. In this view, human beings are radically free–from God, ... More


Engineering an Empire: The Byzantine Empire–IV

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

The fourth video taken from a documentary on the Byzantine Empire broadcast on the History Channel. ... More


Europe: When everything will start over.

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

In the wake of the successive failed referendums, it is obvious that European citizens do not understand Europe. What, then, remains to do? Everything has been said, except a call for an ambitious European policy: more pedagogy, information, transcultural and travels, a European tax, and of ... More