Sea Lions and Seeing the Future By Anna Mercedes It might have been the repetition that got me, but I think it was the sea lions. The repetition came in the form of all the Covid-19 “seconds.” A second set of Read more
Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances A Discussion of Catherine Keller’s New Book Please join Counterpoint for an online discussion of Catherine Keller’s new book, Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances (Orbis Books 2021) Date: 11 Read more
Stags, Stones, and Stakes: A Point/Counterpoint Conversation with Jay Johnston Point: From Regimes of Mastery to Creative Confusion By Kocku von Stuckrad Jay Johnston’s new book with the enigmatic title Stag and Stone: Religion, Archaeology and Esoteric Aesthetics is a Read more
Braiding Art, Animism, and Animation: Alisi Telengut’s The Fourfold By Anna Perdibon A flowing sound of wind and waves. A transforming image. Blue. Red. White. Green. Grey. A voice of an elder woman. The story begins. An Ovoo, a shamanic Read more
Anything Goes… What Trumpism and the Covid-19 Pandemic Can Teach Us About Climate Crisis By Oliver Krüger These days, we Europeans are quick to diagnose a post-factual age in light of recent events in the United States. In the European Read more
Invoking the Sacred: Between Conflict and Peace in Climate Conflicts By Joram Tarusarira The impacts of climate change are increasingly undermining human, national, and international security. The modern obsession with positivism and technical approaches to addressing climate-induced conflicts neglects the Read more
Anthropocentrism and Quietism: Scylla and Charybdis for an Integrated Migration-ecological Ethics? By Gary Slater When seeking to develop an ethics that integrates concern for ecological devastation with international migration, rich material abounds. Worthwhile responses to these challenges can be found Read more
At the End of the World (in a Van) By Devin Zuber Currently making its rounds through cinemas this spring (2021), Chloé Zhao’s haunting Nomadland is a creative adaptation of Jessica Bruder’s 2017 non-fiction book of the same name (subtitled Read more
Thoreau’s Ethics of Delight By Alda-Balthrop-Lewis I have been thinking about what Henry David Thoreau, a man so often described as “saint of the woods,” would make of us. He’s been a kind of companion to me through the last Read more
Why Journalists and Academics Need One Another By Michael Scaturro Recently, I interviewed a businessman who is spending his fortune lobbying politicians to ban microplastics, which threaten ocean life and may be toxic to humans. One of his quotes struck Read more