The Open Ark

The Substack page of Addison Hodges Hart. A page primarily concerned with the interior and ascetical life of the Orthodox (and classical) Christian Tradition.

Religion, the arts, philosophy, culture... ...Foliis tantum ne carmina manda, ne turba volent rapidis ludibria ventis...

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

History, faith, culture, and the politics of humans. Where do they meet? Why are we so similar and so different simultaneously, no matter where and when you look? I have no damn idea, but I think about it a lot.

At the intersection of religion, classics, and theology.

Covering US foreign policy, economic realities, and civil liberties in American society.

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

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

Readable, accessible articles on philosophy & theology, especially philosophy of mind, theological anthropology, and apophatic theology.

I'm a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is one world... one world of our experience that we're seeking to describe" -John Polkinghorne

theoria. as Thoreau writes, "...it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look...that is the highest of arts.

To "know even as I am known." Metaphysical speculations and spiritual itineraries.