Can We Separate Scripture and Tradition?
John C. Cavadini responds to Benjamin Sommer’s Revelation and Authority In his thoughtful, creative, and learned book, Revelation and Authority, Benjamin Sommers reflects
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Why Sin is Good – By Ed Simon
Ed Simon on original sin for a secular age. Save a few prayers for poor Pelagius, footnote to theological history, whose name mostly
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MRBlog | Saint Donald of Trump Tower?
By David G. Hunter Last Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation Trump advisor, Rudy Giuliani, responded to questions from John Dickerson regarding
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Augustine on Trial – Ron Haflidson
Ron Haflidson on Paul Rigby’s Theology of Augustine’s Confessions A friend of mine refers to her favorite thinkers of the departed white male
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The Afterlife of Desire – By Heidi Marx-Wolf
Heidi Marx-Wolf on Taylor Petrey’s Resurrecting Parts Augustine believed that Adam and Eve would have indeed had sex in Paradise had they been
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What Has Practice to Do with Theology? – By Bradley Peper
Bradley Peper on J. Patout Burns Jr. and Robin M. Jensen’s Christianity in Roman Africa Traditionally, studies in early Christianity have emphasized one
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An Ordinary Saint – By Elizabeth Clark
Elizabeth Clark on Gillian Clark’s Monica Gillian Clark’s exemplary book, Monica: An Ordinary Saint, is aptly subtitled. Monica, mother of the North African
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Augustine and the Holy Spirit – By Thomas L. Humphries Jr.
Thomas L. Humphries Jr. on Chad Tyler Gerber’s The Spirit of Augustine’s Early Theology Saint Augustine of Hippo was a latecomer to Christianity. He joined the
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Anti-Judaism and Early Christianity
Paula Fredriksen on David Nirenberg’s Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition There were recurring moments, during those nightmarish first hours of 9/11, when a strangely
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Developing Genre: St. Augustine and David Foster Wallace – By Bradley M. Peper
Bradley M. Peper on Jennifer V. Ebbeler’s Disciplining Christians: Correction and Community in Augustine’s Letters The late David Foster Wallace (1962-2008), arguably one
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