Pascalian Spirituality: a series

“What a long way it is between knowing God and loving him!” (f. 377) Ultimately,...

I’ve been reading my way through the Old Testament again and have reached the sad,...

In our last Neo-Pascalian conversation, I indicated that fragment 418 held yet another clue to...

I want to begin this part of the conversation acknowledging a comment to my last...

We are left with this all-important question: how do we get faith? How do we...

One of the concepts Pascal is best known for is his Wager, a longer fragment...

In our last Pascalian conversation, I left you with fire. And if you’ve had an...

When Pascal died, those who prepared his body for burial found sewn into the lining...

Earlier we took a quick look at a scientific experiment conducted by Pascal in 1646,...

In the Anglican Ash Wednesday ritual, we pray for the grace of true repentance. Repentance...

Last week we explored the Jansenist effort to reconstruct Christian community as the fellowship of...

In pursuing Pascal, it is not long before we come face-to-face with a conundrum. It’s...

Okay, this week we’re diving into French history, which might not be your cup of...

As we pointed out last week, Pascal’s actual scientific and mathematical work has been far...

Pascal, this unusual 17th-century giant, seems to be poised to speak again from a distance...

Yesterday I wound up the last obligations of my fall courses. This included grading a...