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Lunch with Nicholas Wolterstorff

By michael lee ⋅ February 12, 2008 ⋅ 8 comments

Nicholas Wolterstorff is coming to APU. He’s a very distinguished Professor of Philosophy, most recently teaching at Yale. He’s written extensively on religion and reason, on the rationality of Christian faith, and on the possibility of aesthetics in art. He’ll be giving two lectures, tonight and tomorrow night, both in Munson Chapel, starting at 7PM. [...]

On Beowulf and Yoga

By Chad ⋅ November 20, 2007 ⋅ 9 comments

After last Friday’s discussion of MoCap, The Uncanny Valley, and 3D filmmaking, I thought it was worth a follow up to discuss my impressions of “Beowulf,” as I saw it in 3D later that very day.
Oh, and I’m going to talk about Yoga, too.
First, Beowulf. Beowulf will go down in history as a film [...]

Speaking with, like, Authority. Or Whatever

By michael lee ⋅ October 23, 2007 ⋅ 14 comments

I’m, going to make this required watching for everyone in my Senior Seminar class.
(ht: Christian Research Network. Yup. By way of Melody’s site.)

Music and Ethics: With Strings Attached

By michael lee ⋅ October 15, 2007 ⋅ 7 comments

This is another in the series of ethical questions I’m having my class work through. I had just finished writing this up when i heard on NPR that Altria is shutting down it’s philanthropic work over the next two years. Good timing! Bonus points on this one if you can tell me what book I [...]

Fellow Travellers In The Valley of The Shadow

By Chad ⋅ October 13, 2007 ⋅ 28 comments

He who goes by Bill Metanoya emailed me the other day and told me that he was going to hold his breath until I blogged again, that he needed a fix.  I can only hope that he was bluffing.  If not, my most sincere apologies to Becky and Larissa. 
Here’s my blog.  Take a deep breath, [...]

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