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No Ashes to Ashes: An Anglican History of Ash Wednesday
Are ashes on Ash Wednesday really an Anglican tradition?

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Comedy of Errors”
Augustinian selfhood and married nuns sound some potentially Protestant notes in Shakespeare's masterful farce.

Sexual Misconduct in Romans 1: Two Background Traditions
Paul's words closely parallel other Jewish sources in antiquity.

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Titus Andronicus”
Humanistic learning and jokes for Protestants in Shakespeare's bloodiest play.

Lactantius and God’s Gender
Lactantius demonstrates that some non-Christian theologians had already proposed gender-inclusive divinity.