Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 121

Guests on Volume 121: Daniel Gabelman, on how George MacDonald’s celebration of the “childlike” promotes levity and a joyful sense of play; Curtis White, on the troubling enthusiasm for accounts of the human person that reduce us to meat and wetware; Michael Hanby, on why there is no “neutral” science; Alan Jacobs, on why the Book of Common Prayer has lived such a long and influential life; James K. A. Smith, on how some movements in modern philosophy provide resources for recovering an appreciation for the role of the body in knowing the world; Bruce Herman and Walter Hansen, on Herman’s paintings and how conversing about works of art enables us to grow in understanding the non-verbal meaning they convey