Number 7 - Fall 2025/2026

Table of contents

Editor’s letter

Essays

Savonarola: Democracy, Tyranny, Prophecy. Conference about Girolamo Savonarola. Pistoia, 23/24 May 1997 by Ivan Illich
Beneath Savonarola’s Nose: Ivan Illich’s Prophetic Gaze against the Shadow of the Future by Leonardo Christopher Eck Glenewinkel
Freed from Religion? by Samuel Sonderhoff
The Way of Sense through Religion, Faith, Philosophy by Giovanna Morelli
Theology's Heartbeat by Wes Avram
When the Last Becomes the First: Ivan Illich and Saint Paul by Neto Leão
On Surprise and the Indirectness of the Theological in the Work of Ivan Illich by Simon Ravenscroft
Gratuitous Relation: Illich and the Play of Religion, Money, and Gift by Oscar Krüger
Artifact and Memory by Guest Artist George Rembrandt Gutlich
Between the Vernacular and Surprise by Tobais Roberts
The Barefoot Prophet: Ivan Illich's Forgotten Warnings for Our Times by John Kurien

Comments / Responses

L’ambiguïté d’être des fils d’une mère indigne, mais pas de nous by Jose Antonio Ullate
Children of the Visible and Unfaithful Mother by Renee Uribe

Translations

Sobre experiência estética e experiência religiosa by Ivan Illich

This second issue leads with a series of essays on rising interest in Illich is represented by David Cayley’s remarkable Ivan Illich: an intellectual journey published in 2021.

Editorial note

In June 2025, a group of about fifty gathered at the San Cerbone convent in Lucca, Italy, to discuss if religion, faith, and philosophy name conflicting ways of life. Some knew Illich personally, others only by hearsay. Some knew one another well; others had never met. This mix generat- ed an openness to strangers and the unfamiliar. Meals were shared at long tables in the refectory. Discussions began in the garden outside the convent walls and continued among smaller groups inside. Continue reading >

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