Substacks recommended by A Perennial Digression

Recommended by A Perennial Digression

Welcome to Zubair’s Bookshelf—where bold books and big ideas collide. With 30,000+ followers, this is your daily fix of gripping nonfiction, sharp insights, and mind-expanding reads that challenge how you see the world!

Zubair’s Bookshelf is one of the best bibliographic & book review sites on the web, and I’m very glad to see it come to Substack.

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Malcolm Guite

Poet, Priest, Rock'n'Roller

Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press is proud to publish books that spark engaging discussions and present bold ideas from leading experts worldwide.

Jefferson's Bookshelf

By Nicholas Lawson

Read books, become presidential. Essays on the Great Books, education, and on topics as diverse as Jefferson's interests.

Judaism Unbound

Anne Phillips

THESE are the researches of Anne Phillips, which she publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the remembrance of what men have done, and of preventing the great and wonderful actions of the Greeks and the Barbarians from being forgotten.

Naucratic Expeditions

A Golden String with Mark Vernon

William Blake hands us the end of a golden string, to wind into a ball and, thereby, find heaven's gate. Here we explore what he and other mystics and guides might mean and why that matters today.

Mind Your Metaphysics

By Scott Lipscomb

Readable, accessible articles on Philosophy of mind, Theological Anthropology, Vedanta, Neoplatonism, Patristic Theology, Post-Modernism and Phenomenology—and why any of that is relevant for us today.

Global Threads with Peter Frankopan

By Today's Global Threads

Making sense of a changing world

Peter Frankopan is one of the most important contemporary historians of ancient and modern globalism.

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Tarka Journal

Tarka is a journal of yoga philosophy & contemplative studies. Its mission is to dissolve the institutionalized boundaries between scholarly, devotional, and embodied methods, in an effort to forge new paradigms of cross-disciplinary research & practice.

The Horn Gate

In Greek mythology, the "Horn Gate" (Greek: Κέρας) is one of two gates through which dreams pass. According to this tradition, dreams that pass through the Horn Gate are true and prophetic, representing reality and foresight.

Living with Lady Philosophy

By Mark and Susanna Spencer

Mark and Susanna Spencer are a philosopher and theologian married couple with four kids. They write about the things they love to read.

Soul Boom Dispatch

Founded by Rainn Wilson, Soul Boom is a space for deeper conversation, where we can explore the meaningful and inspiring. Never precious, sometimes silly, yet always unafraid to touch on the profound. We dig into the core of the human experience.

Volupta

By Naida

The Sacred Wisdom of the Eternal Feminine. "The eternal feminine draws us on high."

Behind the Gospels

By Behind The Gospels

Insights into the Gospels by Dr John Nelson

in media mabul

By Charles Hughes-Huff

regarding bible, history, theology

From a Garret

My personal Substack

Laura’s one of the more intelligent and compassionate people I’ve ever had the privilege to communicate with. Tolle, lege!

- A Perennial Digression

On Ancient Paths

By Jeremiah Carey

A philosopher in exile, writing mostly on ethics and Orthodox theology.

Admoni

By Sam Bickersteth

Gazing upon an unseen Face.

Words in Flesh

By Jordan Daniel Wood

A dad suspects the divine-created Word always and in all things

Odds & Enns - A Substack by Pete Enns

By Odds and Enns

A newsletter about God, science, faith, theology, and other learnings.

Everyone should read Pete Enns for a sane handling of matters related to biblical studies and faith.

- A Perennial Digression

Copious Flowers

By Jesse Hake

"which may be among the best publication names on the platform" (David Bentley Hart) • not even Solomon in all his glory

History with Chris Harding

By Chris

Weekly deep dives into Japan and East-West cultural exchange —delivered every Friday

Christopher Harding is an excellent guide to all things Asia as well as to the specifically Western desire for, interest in, and reception of Asia. Warmly recommended.

- A Perennial Digression

Auraist: picking the best-written books

By Sean

Trusted by 40K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK recent releases and prize shortlists, and publish in-depth articles by their authors on prose style. Plus the satirical series The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Liturgical Asia 儀礼的亞洲

By Fr Thomas Plant

A podcast on inculturation of Christian liturgy, art, music and theology in Asia, especially Japan.

The Open Ark

"And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark... While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." - Gen 8:16, 20

A healthy representative of Anglophone Orthodoxy, which is welcome.

- A Perennial Digression

Graphs about Religion

By Ryan Burge

Tons of data analysis about religion and politics. Mostly in the United States but a little bit of international stuff, too.

Muse from the Orb

By orb_muse

Deep cuts and criticism from the worlds of history, literature, and the generally weird

Maya’s brilliant; go read her stuff!

- A Perennial Digression

Grant's Substack

By Grant Hartley

Thoughts on faith, sexuality, theology, culture, and longing

A mind that has shaped mine for ten years now, and that I offer to you as well.

- A Perennial Digression

The Kingfisher Chronicle

By Connor

Seeking out streaks of the Eternal in all things

Andrew’s Version

By Andrew McGowan

Comment from Andrew McGowan of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, mostly on the Revised Common Lectionary.

The Cunning Farmer

Practical geurgy: esoterica, spirituality, astrology and magic from a roots in the soil perspective

Lupus Alatus

Where we publish, share, and discuss resources for learning the Latin language, with focus on comprehensible input and extensive reading and listening so you can soak up as much Latin as possible!

Dead Language Society

By Colin Gorrie

A guided tour through the history of English and its relatives.

Nonfiction legends

A man that looks on glass, On it may stay his eye; Or if he pleaseth, through it pass, And then the heav'n espy.

Life Sentences

By Thomas

Premodern readings for a postmodern world

Hom Hymn Daily

By en-theos

A mailing list that delivers the Homeric Hymns, bit by bit, hymn by hymn, to your inbox every day!

Cosmographia

By M. E. Rothwell

Creating a map of the world and our place in it.

REFLECTIONS ON CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY

By Solrunn Nes

A personal bi-monthly page on the theory, practice, and symbolism of Christian iconography.

Ovid Daily

By M

Our Current Newsletter is Ovid's Fasti, running from December 31, 2022 to June 30, 2023.

Singing Homer

By A P David

A performance of Homer's Odyssey in ancient Greek and English; and inspirations.

Sam's Fishing Journal

By Sam Rocha

Sam Rocha's fishing journal.

Corner Lot

By Nick Freiling

My journal – an unthemed catch-all for my thoughts (and feelings). Because life is too short to think about just one thing.

Resting Christian Face

By Joshua

Interpreting Scripture, Community, and Culture.

The Way of the Heart

By Raphael

Thoughts on Christian Hermeticism. Look for the light.

Writing in the Dust

By Wesley Hill

Assorted thoughts & links, mostly on New Testament studies, Anglican Christianity, and gay Christian whatnot

New Middle Ages

By Benjamin Woollard

Exploring the lineaments of a new age.

Romance and Apocalypse

By Jonathan Geltner

Searching literature and life for the enchantment, love, and sense of place that will help us live again in a cosmos--and survive in the Anthropocene.