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Susannah Black Roberts

Susannah Black Roberts is senior editor at Plough. She is a native Manhattanite. She and her husband, the theologian Alastair Roberts, split their time between Manhattan and the West Midlands of the UK.

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Susannah Black Roberts

Susannah Black Roberts is senior editor at Plough. She is a native Manhattanite. She and her husband, the theologian Alastair Roberts, split their time between Manhattan and the West Midlands of the UK.

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TONIGHT: 7:30 EDT: Hauerwas, Danticat, Christman, and a New Cocktail! - Radio Free Thulcandra

Good afternoon! Tonight, join Stanley Hauerwas, Edwidge Danticat, and Phil Christman for the launch of Plough Quarterly’s special “Regeneration” issue, focusing on COVID and what lies ahead. Hosted by KGB Red Room on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, this event is […]

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TONIGHT: 7:30 EDT: Hauerwas, Danticat, Christman, and a New Cocktail! - Radio Free Thulcandra

Good afternoon! Tonight, join Stanley Hauerwas, Edwidge Danticat, and Phil Christman for the launch of Plough Quarterly’s special “Regeneration” issue, focusing on COVID and what lies ahead. Hosted by KGB Red Room on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, this event is […]

Susannah Black RobertsPoliticsFeatured

Common Good Constitutionalism Considered | Mere Orthodoxy

The reaction against Vermeule's common good constitutionalism is proof that our political imaginations have been captive to libertarianism for far too long.

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The King of Social Distancing, c. 1665 - Radio Free Thulcandra

In what will be surely the first of too many posts consisting of excerpts from Daniel Defoe’s Journal of the Plague Year, I would like to introduce you to an unnamed man who is an example to all of us […]

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The King of Social Distancing, c. 1665 - Radio Free Thulcandra

In what will be surely the first of too many posts consisting of excerpts from Daniel Defoe’s Journal of the Plague Year, I would like to introduce you to an unnamed man who is an example to all of us […]

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Ashes - Radio Free Thulcandra

Carnevale and Lent are both about the fundamental inversion, the not-grasping-after-safety, of Christianity.

Susannah Black RobertsTheologyItalyTravel

Ashes - Radio Free Thulcandra

Carnevale and Lent are both about the fundamental inversion, the not-grasping-after-safety, of Christianity.

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Death in Venice | Mere Orthodoxy

Susannah Black is traveling in Italy, where they have canceled Carnivale due to fears over the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Susannah Black Roberts

On Chosen Family in East Village Vaguely Soviet Speakeasies - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Last night, we launched Issue 23 of Plough Quarterly, at the Red Room at KGB Bar on East 4th Street. I went there first when I was probably sixteen or so, for a book launch of my father’s, and I’ve […]

Susannah Black RobertsPoliticsHistory

Auschwitz - Radio Free Thulcandra

The only Auschwitz survivor I knew well was my friend Claire Fiala. She died about 18 months ago; she was my neighbor, and I spent a couple of winters shoveling her walk, until, in the last two years of her […]

Susannah Black RobertsPoliticsHistory

Auschwitz - Radio Free Thulcandra

The only Auschwitz survivor I knew well was my friend Claire Fiala. She died about 18 months ago; she was my neighbor, and I spent a couple of winters shoveling her walk, until, in the last two years of her […]

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The Political Theology of Brunch: a Post in Honor of the Season - Radio Free Thulcandra

Among the many reasons for my affection for the 16th c. German political philosopher and jurist Johannes Althusius is this: He gets specific, to a degree that may be fanciful but is endlessly fascinating, about the commonality between different levels of political […]