On C.S. Lewis, Master Signifiers, and the Difference Between an Idol and a Man

Why we reach for power when love feels too dangerous—and how control becomes our idol

Examining the second temptation of Christ through Lacan and the fantasy of exemption

Unpacking Jesus’s First Temptation Through Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Idolatry

Exploring Lacanian signifiers, Jean-Luc Marion, and why modern worship music functions as an emotional idol.

T&P Quarterly Speaker Series hosts Paul and Billie Hoard. They'll discuss their book Eucontamination.

Exploring desire, board game victory points, and why money functions as a perfect vessel for human fantasy.

What if the trap isn't picking the wrong cup, but believing there's a cup that can bring our longing to an end?

On games, Jean-Luc Marion, and why an idol is just a window that silted over into a mirror

Exploring psychoanalysis, Meister Eckhart, and why the desire for certainty turns God into an idol

ALT: Amber Wagner: Inspired & Motivated

The Bunny Song, the demand for certainty, and why we rewrite our villain songs

A guest essay by Aaron Mitchum, MA, LCPC, SEP, Psychoanalyst

Education, the Big Other, and the Cost of Unsettling Our Desire in the Age of AI.

C.S. Lewis on being “wired for connection”

Reclaiming the holy calling of higher education from the illusion of infinite knowledge.

There’s a story economists like to tell, probably apocryphal, but instructive.

By reducing education to Wissenschaft (knowledge transfer), universities built a system that artificial intelligence was destined to automate.

If LLMs can perfect the transmission of knowledge without lack or desire, what role is left for the professor?

Podcast Episode · The New Evangelicals Podcast · May 25 · 47m

“One can hardly put anything into words,” C.S.

Why a convincing performance of consciousness is not the same as the structure of a subject.

A person holding a D20 die, illustrating the attribution trap and the tendency to project agency onto non-conscious systems like AI.

Whenever I ask Claude a question, I am either talking to a person or I am not.

On LLMs, Therapy, and the Limits of Knowledge

The Structural Reason AI is Not a Therapist

How Lacan’s "University Discourse" explains why AI doesn't give answers, it only gives data

Alexa, AI, and Lacan’s Four Discourses

New Article in the Board Game Academics Journal

Exploring the hidden social structures of voice assistants, Lacanian desire, and the future of human-AI communication.

AI Ethics and the Lacanian Fantasy of Order

Freud, Failure and the Death Drive

Understanding the 'Alpha Player' Problem in Cooperative Board Games

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A Short Essay

Homebrewed Christianity Podcast with Tripp Fuller

Each December, as the days shorten and the year slows its final turning, I find myself returning to the quiet practice of naming the books that have accompanied me. Reading has has emerged as one of t...

Presentation to the Center for Christianity and Psychoanalysis

A Short Essay

A Short Essay

A Short Essay

A Short Essay