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City of Gems and Song
In her contribution to Envisaging Heaven in the Middle Ages, Beverly Mayne Kienzle summarizes Hildegard of Bingen’s understanding…
Two Idolatries
In a 1998 article in VT, Giancarlo Biguzzi argues that John describes two different forms of idolatry in…
The Right Side of History
In this election year many of us find ourselves disappointed with the deteriorating tone of political debate…
Christless Worship?
In a recent article, Loren Stuckenbruck makes this striking comment about the heavenly worship of Revelation 4:…
Rodin and Tradition
The last time we had a Rodin revival was during the 1960s, writes Jed Perl. He seemed to…
Writtenness
Near the end of her book on The Heavenly Book Motif, Leslie Baynes notes the “negative attitude about…
Eastern Christmas and Egypt’s President
Egypt’s Coptic Christians follow the Julian calendar in celebrating Christmas on January 7th of each year. For…
Speaking in Riddles
Riddle-making is a lost art—but not an irretrievable one. A. M. Juster’s translation of Saint Aldhelm’s Riddles…
The Play of Daniel
Earlier this month, I had a chance to see the Gotham Early Music Scene’s production of The…
The Need for Epiphanic Evangelicalism
The second challenge I see facing American churches today (I discuss the first one here) is how…
Culture and Biology in Judith Butler
Will Rees says in his TLS review of Judith Butler’s Senses of the Subject that the “biggest topic of…
The Church in Britain’s Future
The Economist reports on “an immigrant-led surge in London churchgoing. Weekly participation in Christian services in the capital…
Heavenly Court, Caesar’s Court
David Aune has argued that the heavenly court scene of Revelation 4-5 “bears such a striking resemblance…
What We’ve Been Reading—12.8.16
Mark Bauerlein There is something quaint about the little paperback on my desk, a 1964 printing from…
Carson the Butler on True Marriage
Viewers of Downton Abbey may have noticed in the recently aired first episode of Season Six that…
