Historical Profiles

Seven Words: Kahlil Gibran

In an era of cheap, divisive buzzwords, Kahlil Gibran asks us a hard question: if you were compelled to forget all the words you knew except seven, which seven would they be?

Rags and Righteousness: Basil the Holy Fool

It was an impasse: on one side sat the head of Eurasia’s most powerful empire. On the other was a famous lunatic.

Saint Gregory Palamas

For centuries the Eastern prayer life had been proven through sanctification, not rhetorical defense—until the very foundation of that life came suddenly under attack.