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Natural Sex Revisited
A week ago, I posted a series of quotations from James Neill’s Origins and Role of Same-Sex Relations…
Baptism into koinonia
In his contribution to The Catholicity of the Reformation, Robert Jenson pencils in the contours of the communio…
Catholic Luther
I go back again and again to David Yeago’s seminal article on the “Catholic Luther” in The Catholicity…
For Love or Money
Episode Two of this season’s Mad Men could have been titled “For Love or Money.” On Valentine’s…
An Easter Octave Playlist
Good feasting should be accompanied with good music. Continuing the celebration of the Easter Octave, here are…
First Links — 4.23.14
Bonfire of the Humanities Patrick Symmes, Outside Susan Sontag on Beauty vs. Interestingness Maria Popova, Brain Pickings…
Competing Exoduses
Jan Assmann (The Mind of Egypt) summarizes the account of the exodus provided by late antique Egyptian…
Hellenism and Translation
Assessing the impact of Hellenism on Egyptian culture, Jan Assmann (The Mind of Egypt) argues that “The…
When Work Is Fun
Time was when the wealthy were considered the leisure classes. Nowadays, that’s not so, as the Economist…
Sacramental Metaphysicals
Some of the most interesting current work being done on early modern English poetry traces connections between…
From Island to Mountain
Revelation is divided into four large sections, marked by the phrase “in the Spirit.” (I picked this…
Egyptian Modernity
In the final chapter of his magisterial The Mind of Egypt, Jan Assmann sketches out the path by…
Mission as Culture Formation
With the movement into the Easter cycle on the liturgical calendar, the churches enter into an extended…
Defying Authority in Obedience to Authority
Half a century ago, a junior faculty member at Yale University undertook a notorious experiment familiar to…
Religion’s Social Goods
A growing number of legal scholars question whether a justification exists for protecting religion as its own…
