Category: Columns

Marx’s Aeschylus

E. J. Hutchinson — October 10, 2024

Marx’s Aeschylus

On Marx reading Aeschylus (in Greek!).

Edward Gibbon and the Decline of the Pre-Christian Empire

E. J. Hutchinson — October 2, 2024

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

Andrew Koperski — September 28, 2024

“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

Miles Smith — September 25, 2024

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 retention of a Christian socio-moral order.…

Luther’s Catullus (4): Catullus and Solomon

E. J. Hutchinson — September 20, 2024

Luther’s Catullus (4): Catullus and Solomon

On Luther, Catullus, and Ecclesiastes.

Upcoming Anniversaries

Andrew Koperski — September 17, 2024

Upcoming Anniversaries

In the year 324, on September 18 . . . .

“I Contain Multitudes”: The Greek Dylan

E. J. Hutchinson — September 12, 2024

“I Contain Multitudes”: The Greek Dylan

“I Contain Multitudes” is the opening track on Bob Dylan’s 2020 album Rough and Rowdy Ways. The title is an allusion to Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself, 51“: The past…

Luther’s Catullus (3): Catullus and the Desert Fathers

E. J. Hutchinson — September 11, 2024

Luther’s Catullus (3): Catullus and the Desert Fathers

More on Luther and Catullus 64.

Is Translation Possible?

E. J. Hutchinson — September 6, 2024

Is Translation Possible?

On translating poetry.

Hierarchy and Separation: Anglican Political Theology in the Early 20th Century

Miles Smith — September 5, 2024

Hierarchy and Separation: Anglican Political Theology in the Early 20th Century

Historically-rooted works on Anglican political theology, particularly political theology of American Anglicans, remain in relatively short supply. Michael Bird and N.T. Wright have published their Jesus Among the Powers but…