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Jeremiah WebsterFeaturedHistoryEducation

Rise of the Scops: Wonder After the Pandemic | Mere Orthodoxy

The Anglo-Saxon scop was a figure whose office involved poetic and priestly roles which helped to open medieval eyes to the wonder of creation.

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 […]

Miles SmithFeaturedHistory

Who's Afraid of John Calvin? Answer: Thomas Jefferson

The Virginian founding father and arch-liberal feared that Calvinists, not Catholics, would be the undoing of his experiment in political liberalism.

Onsi A. KamelBibleFeaturedHistory

“Are You Alone Wise?”: Luther’s Answers for Today’s Protestants

Martin Luther's approach to hermeneutics can help Christians seeking the way of fidelity in a time of widespread unfaithfulness amongst God's people.

E. J. HutchinsonFeaturedHistory

The Protestant World of Shakespeare | Mere Orthodoxy

Debates over Shakespeare's personal faith are pointless. But it is worth noting that he grew up and worked in a deeply Protestant world.

Susannah Black RobertsWorkHistoryChurch

On Rebuilding - Radio Free Thulcandra

Yesterday, I guest-adjuncted for a friend’s class of Baylor students, who are on a sort of NYC Study Abroad semester (Yes, NYC is Abroad from Texas. Texas, after all, is on the continent.) The class was meant to be a […]

Susannah Black RobertsWorkHistoryChurch

On Rebuilding - Radio Free Thulcandra

Yesterday, I guest-adjuncted for a friend’s class of Baylor students, who are on a sort of NYC Study Abroad semester (Yes, NYC is Abroad from Texas. Texas, after all, is on the continent.) The class was meant to be a […]

Matthew LoftusHistoryegypt

why is Turkey buying a town in Sudan? - Doctors Without Boredom

No posts planned for tomorrow- Merry Christmas! If you’re into Northeast African politics, you won’t want to miss this dispatch from Nanjala Nyabola: Suakin sits along Sudan’s Red Sea coast, a small grouping of faded buildings and historical ruins containing […]

Matthew LoftusHistoryegypt

why is Turkey buying a town in Sudan? - Doctors Without Boredom

No posts planned for tomorrow- Merry Christmas! If you’re into Northeast African politics, you won’t want to miss this dispatch from Nanjala Nyabola: Suakin sits along Sudan’s Red Sea coast, a small grouping of faded buildings and historical ruins containing […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureHistoryEthicsEducation

culture is learning to be free - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a fascinating interview with Patrick Deneen at the ever-worthwhile Comment magazine (subscribe now for $30/year!) Liberalism ends in slavery because its notion of freedom involves the pursuit of desires that can never be sated, that can never be fulfilled. […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureHistoryEthicsEducation

culture is learning to be free - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a fascinating interview with Patrick Deneen at the ever-worthwhile Comment magazine (subscribe now for $30/year!) Liberalism ends in slavery because its notion of freedom involves the pursuit of desires that can never be sated, that can never be fulfilled. […]