Charles’ seminar on anxiety and religion met on the Wednesday after the tragic shootings at UVA. One of the things the class did was create a playlist of songs that carried them through the next few weeks. Read More

The arc of justice… Campaigns focusing on gun reform achieved victory in several races across the country. Read More

BrieAnna Frank writes from the first person about the University of Virginia mass shootings in Charlottesville. Read More

We know he told his friend Hans Hildebrandt that only the Catholic Center Party had half a chance of defeating Hitler. While there is no easy parallel to U.S. politics, the core convictions of the Zentrum do not seem to lend themselves to the GOP. Read More

Metaxas is so confused about the Kirchenkampf and where he stands in its repercussions that it’s best to let the great Fritz Stern have the last word. “In every way Metaxas betrays a quite amazing ignorance of the German language, German history, and German theology.” Read More

While Lockwood
remains critical of her Catholic upbringing, she notes a complicated yet enduring fondness for
the lessons faith taught her. Read More

The Project is thrilled to have hosted Clare Carlisle for a lecture on Soren Kierkegaard and anxiety. Discover one of her books, Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling: A Reader’s Guide, here. Read More

The Sigmund Freud Collection at the Library of Congress has been digitized and is now available online. Read More

The recent rise in crime is extraordinarily complex. Policymakers and the public should not jump to conclusions or expect easy answers. Read More

Hidden beneath the busyness of Charlottesville today, more and more I have found stories of unrelenting faith, courage, and the desire for freedom in our city. Taylor’s story reminds me of what Pat Edwards said just a few weeks ago when I visited her at First Baptist Church on Main Street: the original members were motivated by their reach toward freedom, a spiritual exercise of resilience and fortitude. Read More