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Marx’s Aeschylus
On Marx reading Aeschylus (in Greek!).

Edward Gibbon and the Decline of the Pre-Christian Empire
On Gibbon and the causes of decline.

“Go, then, and disciple all the gentiles”: Some Reflections on Baptizing Nations
Does the aversion to national baptism stem from democratic sensibilities, or something else?

Thomas Chalmers and the Expulsive Power of a State Church
Conversations among conservative Christians in the United States pertaining to questions of political theology tend to revolve around cultural or social politics and the…

Luther’s Catullus (4): Catullus and Solomon
On Luther, Catullus, and Ecclesiastes.