Matthew J. Milliner is professor of art history at Wheaton College. He is the author most recently of Mother of the Lamb: The Story of a Global Icon (Fortress Press, 2022). He writes “Material Mysticism,” a monthly column at Comment magazine.
The necessity of a genuine exchange (not just fatuous “dialogue”) between Christians and Buddhists is as important as ever.
Even defenders of the idea today such as Bruno Latour admit that Gaia in the original Greek context is “a figure of violence."
The secrets of Jerusalem are also lodged in Jacksonville, Joplin, and Joliet