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Marx, Heidegger, and Tolkien on Industrialization:

Reflections on Morgoth, Sauron, and Saruman

December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Paul J. Evans

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I discuss postmodernism throughout many of my essays, but I have not put it to paper as to what it is and what it means to me.

Inhabiting Postmodernism

November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

Hate Springs Eternal by High Parasite a Philosophical Exegesis

This essay presents a philosophical exegesis of the song “Hate Springs Eternal” by High Parasite, aiming to uncover its profound philosophical implications.

November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

Thomism After the Death of God

The Thomist Argument

October 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

The Banality of Cruelty: A Philosophical Argument

The Reward of Cruelty by William Hogarth

October 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

Why am I not a Conservative or a Christian? Or the Banality of Cruelty?

This essay aims to synthesize my reflections on the collapse of conservatism as the pivotal factor in my departure from Christianity.

October 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

The Massacre of Nob: The Literary Pivot of Kingship, Priesthood, and Temple Theology

1 Samuel 21-22, while not the central theme of the entire book of Samuel, serves as a pivotal narrative, marking the transition from failing older systems to emerging new paradigms.

October 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

Abiathar, the Massacre at Nob, and The Deuteronomistic History: A Fictional Narrative?

David at Nob with Goliath’s Sword, with the High Priest Ahimelech

October 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

Southern Hegelianism and the Development of Conservatism

Modern conservatism, particularly in the American South, was significantly shaped in the aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

September 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

What is Southern Hegelianism?

‘Southern Hegelianism’ is a term coined to explain the specific appropriation of Hegel’s philosophy in the American South.

September 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

Philosophy of Religion and my Post-Christian Faith

I was introduced to Philosophy of Religion over 25 years ago.

August 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

9/11, God, and Terrorism:

The Collapse of a Faith

June 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

Unmasking the Foundations: A History of Deconstruction from Nietzsche to the Postmodern Sacred

Part Two: The Death of God as Historical Event-- Interpretation, Suspicion, and the Collapse of Certainty

June 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

God without Theology: Nietzsche, Turek, and the Hollowing of Christian Morality

Introduction: A Crisis in Theology

May 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

Paul as Luther, Nietzsche as Antichrist: A Dialectic of Will, Grace, and Value:

Nietzsche as The True Reformer: A Revaluation of Reformation

May 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

Turek and Nietzsche: Opposing Diagnoses of Morality’s Crisis

Reclaiming Theology: Counterexamples to Turek’s Moral Authoritarianism

May 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

40 days 40 books on politics and economics that I’ve read. Day 40

May 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

40 days 40 books on politics and economics that I’ve read. Day 39

May 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

40 days 40 books on politics and economics that I’ve read. Day 38

May 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

40 days 40 books on politics and economics that I’ve read. Day 37

May 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

40 days 40 books on politics and economics that I’ve read. Day 36

May 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM

Paul J. Evans

@nihilistpaul.bsky.social

Turek and Nietzsche: Opposing Diagnoses of Morality’s Crisis

Reclaiming Theology: Counterexamples to Turek’s Moral Authoritarianism