We've all had those late night-text conversations that seem to plumb the depths of the universe, right? The ones that either plunge you into a pit of despair or make you feel like you've figured out ...

I'm interested in three modern philosophies that overlap a lot: Existentialism, Nihilism, and Absurdism. I could be wrong here, but it seems they all start with the same idea--life doesn't have any ...

In the paneled quiet of the Papal Cancelleria last fortnight, eager-eyed young priests leaned forward on elbows shiny from desk-reading; ascetic monks stretched thin necks from their lowered cowls.

Two years ago, when I published “The fifth horseman and the new MAD,“ MAD stood for “massive attacks of disruption” — a 21st century replacement for the Cold War MAD, “mutual assured destruction.” The ...

THE WORDS by Jean-Paul Sartre. 255 pages. George Braziller. $5. For a quarter-century, French Existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre has been the symbol of what is best (implacable honesty) and worst ...

Bultmann’s theology sets out in opposition to the rationalistic and idealistic misunderstanding of Christianity by the earlier liberal theology. Two themes characterize Bultmann’s theological program, ...