Category: Columns

Christianity, Free Trade, and Nationalism in 19th Century Political Theology

Miles Smith — April 8, 2025

Christianity, Free Trade, and Nationalism in 19th Century Political Theology

Mid-19th Century Britain and to a lesser extent the United States of the same era became the arenas of the great debates over the relationship between Christianity, free trade, nationalism,…

Chrysostom, Tolkien, and Humility

Andrew Koperski — April 1, 2025

Chrysostom, Tolkien, and Humility

Do not expect to be crowned promptly

“Worth a Thousand Dollars”: The (Former) Economics of Fertility

Andrew Koperski — March 24, 2025

“Worth a Thousand Dollars”: The (Former) Economics of Fertility

Children used to be seen as an economic asset to their parents.

Ancient Christianity and Book-Banning

Andrew Koperski — March 11, 2025

Ancient Christianity and Book-Banning

How eager were Christians to destroy books they didn't like?

An Evangelical Protestant on America and Russia in the Civil War Era

Miles Smith — March 7, 2025

An Evangelical Protestant on America and Russia in the Civil War Era

A year after the defeat of the Confederacy, Evangelical Presbyterian-turned-Congregationalist minister Charles B. Boynton, professor at the Naval Academy, Chaplain to the House of Representatives, and president of what became…

Rilke and Kafka in Zoshchenko’s “Apollo and Tamara”

E. J. Hutchinson — March 7, 2025

Rilke and Kafka in Zoshchenko’s “Apollo and Tamara”

On Mikhail Zoshchenko, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Franz Kafka.

“Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust”

E. J. Hutchinson — March 5, 2025

“Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust”

The afterlife of a phrase about death.

“Love Minus Zero”: An Epigram by Henrik Harder

E. J. Hutchinson — March 4, 2025

“Love Minus Zero”: An Epigram by Henrik Harder

A new translation of Henrik Harder.

Luther and the Classics: The Case of Psalm 90 (2) (Horace and Cicero)

E. J. Hutchinson — February 28, 2025

Luther and the Classics: The Case of Psalm 90 (2) (Horace and Cicero)

More on classical references in Luther's lectures and commentary on Psalm 90.

Luther and the Classics: The Case of Psalm 90 (1)

E. J. Hutchinson — February 25, 2025

Luther and the Classics: The Case of Psalm 90 (1)

The first post in what it is hoped will be a series on Luther's use of the classics in his lectures on Psalm 90.