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About Adrian Guiu
I have a PhD in History of Christianity from the Univ. of Chicago and I teach at Wright College in Chicago.
Adrian Guiu holds a PhD in History of Christianity from the University of Chicago and teaches at Wright College in Chicago.
NBN Episodes hosted by Adrian:
January 27, 2026
The Geometry of Christian Contemplation
The writings of ancient and medieval Christian mystics were rediscovered in the twentieth century, and today they are read more widely than ever befor…
October 9, 2025
The Journal of Joy
A conversation with Fr. Bogdan Bucur and Dr. Razvan Porumb This publication represents the officially authorized translation of The Journal of Joy …
October 4, 2025
Immigrant on Earth
In a world where faith and reason are perceived as enemies, this book describes them as companions. Readers of Immigrant on Earth: A Philosopher on th…
May 25, 2025
A Theology of Conversation
Sometimes described as "a theologian's theologian," David Tracy's scholarship has impacted countless thinkers around the globe. The complexity of his …
February 25, 2025
Modern Mystics
Mysticism is not just a phenomenon of the past, but has been alive and flourishing in Chistianity, Judaism, and Islam over the past century, as well a…
December 27, 2024
Journey to Simplicity
Today I talked to Daniel B. Hinshaw about his book Journey to Simplicity: The Life and Wisdom of Archimandrite Roman Braga (St Vladimirs Seminary Pres…
November 27, 2024
Dante the Theologian
An understanding of Dante the theologian as distinct from Dante the poet has been neglected in an appreciation of Dante's work as a whole. That is t…
October 29, 2024
Some New World
In his famous argument against miracles, David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of supernatural belief. 'We are apt', says Hume, 'to imagi…
December 29, 2023
Why Boredom Matters
Boredom is an enduring problem. In response, schools often do one or both of the following: first, they endorse what novelist Walker Percy describ…
December 16, 2023
From the Ancient Near East to Christian Byzantium
Mario Baghos's book From the Ancient Near East to Christian Byzantium: Kings, Symbols, and Cities (Cambridge Scholars, 2021) combines concepts from th…
October 10, 2023
Humility
This cultural history of humility reveals this lost virtue as a secret defense against arrogance and incivility. History demonstrates that when the v…
September 5, 2023
On Creation, Science, Disenchantment and the Contours of Being and Knowing
For Augustine, the world is replete with meaning; it represents not merely a collection of facts to be catalogued but a repository of truths to be dis…
June 14, 2023
The Evangelical Theology of the Orthodox Church
In the essays offered in The Evangelical Theology of the Orthodox Church (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2021), Bradley Nassif argues that an evangeli…
May 27, 2023
A Revolutionary Faith
Religious commitments can be a powerful engine for progressive social change. In A Revolutionary Faith: Liberation Theology Between Public Religion an…
March 19, 2023
White Lilies
Valeriu Gafencu was born in 1921 in the Bessarabia region of Romania. In 1941, he was arrested and imprisoned, remaining so until his death in 1952. …
March 12, 2023
Orthodoxy and Ecumenism
Razvan Porumb's Orthodoxy and Ecumenism: Towards an Active Metanoia (Peter Lang, 2019) explores the relationship between the Orthodox tradition and th…
February 4, 2023
On Time, Change, History, and Conversion
Sean Hannan offers a new interpretation of Augustine of Hippo's approach to temporality by contrasting it with contemporary accounts of time drawn fro…
November 22, 2022
Pray for Brother Alexander
Constantin Noica's (1909-1987) Pray for Brother Alexander (Punctum Books, 2018; translated by Octavian Gabor) is a meditation on responsibility, freed…
November 14, 2022
Artificial Intelligence, Reincarnation, and Resurrection
Ernest M. Valea's Artificial Intelligence, Reincarnation, and Resurrection: An Inquiry Into the Ultimate Fulfillment of Human Nature (Resource Publica…