Aug 7, 2012 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Herman Hesse (1877-1962) was one of the most conscious spiritual seekers in his time and one of the finest and most consistent European doves in an age of two world wars and an ethos of overt hawkishness and militarism. Hesse fled Germany to Switzerland because of his...
Jul 19, 2012 | Author - Ron Dart
Review of Brad Jersak, George P. Grant: Minerva’s Snowy Owl: Essays in Political Theology (FWP, 2012). Only when the dusk starts to fall does the owl of Minerva spread its wings and fly Hegel George Grant is, without much doubt, one of Canada’s...
Jul 9, 2012 | Author - Ron Dart
There are moments in history when much hinges on decisions made by leaders and visionaries (and those who dutifully follow them). Inevitably, we all live with the consequences, for good or ill, of those who have preceded us. The early decades of the 16th century was a...
May 5, 2012 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Anna Yin, Wings Toward Sunlight: Poems, 2011 We had the experience but missed the meaning. – T.S. Eliot There is poetry that speaks to the head but never touches the deeper recesses of the heart, and there is poetry that massages the heart but does...
