<p>We travel with Dante to the depths of Hell and encounter suffering persons like Ugolino, who committed sins of treachery. We also come to Satan himself. We also talk about how love is what is driving Dante, and that we sometimes find meaning through suffering for love.</p>

We travel with Dante to the depths of Hell and encounter suffering persons like Ugolino, who committed sins of treachery. We also come to Satan himself. We also talk about how love is what is driving Dante, and that we sometimes find meaning through suffering for love.

Dante, Satan, and Meaning: Religious Wisdom in Modernity

Our internet-accelerated society has experienced a fraying of our social bonds. We experience a sense of instability and uncertainty. By drawing on wisdom from the religious traditions, embodied in literature and art, we can supplement our impoverished public discourse. Moreover, we maintain a commitment to our multi-cultural reality, putting collaborative pluralism, weaving, at the center. We can fight a culture of constant distraction and build up our capacity to contemplate and think deeply on enduring realities.

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Dante, Satan, and Meaning: Religious Wisdom in Modernity

Dante, Satan, and Meaning: Religious Wisdom in Modernity