Andrew Petiprin, Author at Word on Fire

Andrew Petiprin

Teaching Fellow

Andrew Petiprin served as the Fellow of Popular Culture at the Word on Fire Institute. He is an author and former Anglican cleric who came into full communion with the Catholic Church on January 1, 2019. He earned an M.Div. from Yale University and an M.Phil from Oxford University.

5 Gifts of Being Catholic That I Increasingly Love

Post 9/11: Anticipated by Radiohead and René Girard

Bob Ross: Teaching Joy, Even Amid the Shadows

Amid Seeming Chaos, the Wine Abides

“Metallica” and the Journey of My Youthful Heart

Tailored to Our Time, but “The Green Knight” Is Still Worth It

“Ted Lasso” Returns: A Funny, Kind Balm for Humanity

The Mysterious Benedict Society: A Subversive Tale for the Times

How My Dog Auggie Made Me a Better Man—and Neighbor

Kings of Convenience: Music that Silences the New Noise

Subsidiarity, Solidarity, and Human Dignity in “Mare of Easttown”

“Lead, Kindly Light”: Let Us Hear More of Hope!

“An American Pickle”: A Silly Film for the Seriously Religious

X-Files: 25 Years Later, the Truth Is Still Out There and I Want to Believe

“Fatima”: A Family Moviegoing Experience in Re-release

“The Chosen,” Season 2: Getting Jesus the God-Man Right

‘8beats’: 8 Blessings for the Spiritually Hungry of Any Background

Longing As Reality: Lana Del Rey’s “Chemtrails Over the Country Club”

On Good Friday: Where has Friendship Gone?

“Resurrection” Is a Worthy, Family-Friendly Offering for Holy Week

When I Blew Up My Life for God, I Looked to Joseph

5 Useful Words for the Catholic and the Curious

Abortion on TV: Inefficient Life Feeds Art

A Dose of Glory: Lauryn Hill’s “Miseducation” Goes Diamond

“Lost in Thought” and “The Dig”: Let the Cult of the Amateur Arise!

Catholicism: “Safety Third”

“Break Fast” and the Resurrection of the Body

Hank Aaron: Gentleman, Activist, Catholic

”Bourbon, Bluegrass, & the Bible”: The Hillbilly Thomists Hit Nashville

“It Is Right and Just” Offers Timely Answers and Unaddressed Questions

Kanye’s Gift: Black Gospel and Catholic Polyphony Together at Last!

Cinema 2020: A Few Fine Films vs. TV’s Abundance of Riches

“The Crown” Season Four: Past Glories, Bleak Futures

WWE’s “Survivor Series”: Virtually Entertaining and Rather Tragic

“The Witches”: HBO Adaptation Will Appeal to Christians, Start Conversations

5 Ways Saint John Henry Newman Can Help You Through This Year

“Pray”: The Story of Father Patrick Peyton

Amy Coney Barrett and the Role of Conscience

It’s Not the End of the World…Is It?

“Words on Bathroom Walls”: Grace Spoken Here

A Chapter That Changed My Life: Wendell Berry’s “Jayber Crow”

Social Unrest and Doubt: Catalysts of Communication, Conversion

Fr. Connor Danstrom’s Music Seeks Out the Hard and Dark Places

Laughter Is a Leap: “Space Force” Can’t Get Off the Ground

Jason Isbell’s “Reunions” Is Rife with God

Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul” and the Death of Ideals

“Upload”: An Afterlife Pre-paid and Unaccountable

The Oz of Quarantine and Longing for Our Real Home