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An Historian's History

January 10th, 2025 | 9 min read

By Case Thorp

Peter Brown. Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History. New York: Princeton University Press, 2023. 736 pp, $45

Saint Augustine, Peter Brown, and I gathered at a cozy coffee shop on Princeton’s Nassau Street most evenings in the spring of 1999. While I had a coffee in hand and comfortably nestled in a leather chair, St. Augustine shared wisdom on shaping my loves for God. Peter’s warm voice and thoughtful tone drew me in as he unraveled the context, narrative, and theological concerns of this great Doctor of the Church. In those magical late hours, we became fast friends.

Well, almost.

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Case Thorp

Dr. Case Thorp serves as the Theologian in Residence at First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, and is founder and principal of The Collaborative. He was the 39th Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Case holds degrees from Oxford College (AA), Emory University (BA), Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv), and Fuller Theological Seminary (DMin in Missional Ecclesiology). Case is married to Jodi, and they have three beautiful children, Alexandra, Charles, and Brooks. Originally from Atlanta, they have enjoyed downtown Orlando as their home since 2005.