One of the chief modern complaints about early Christian writers is their employment of allegorical exegesis. R.P.C. Hanson, one of the eminent patristic

For his crimes, Socrates was put to death by poison—at least according to Plato’s Phaedo. But what egregious crimes had the famous teacher committed that

It is release day! Lynneth and I are thrilled that Candles in the Darkness: Experiencing Advent with the Early and Medieval Church has made its way into

<p><strong>Illuminating Advent Through Diverse Voices from Early Christianity </strong></p><p>In <em>Candles in the Darkness</em>, historian Lynneth Miller

Cambridge Core - History of Religion - Ancient Apologetics and the Bibliographic Imagination

As a child, I was taught to kneel next to my bed as I prayed to God in the evening. Now, I must admit that I rarely pray in this sort of way, often

Homer is having a bit of a moment. The controversy around Christopher Nolan’s creative decisions in his forthcoming Odyssey, the recent discovery of an

In a homily on Palm Sunday, Pope Leo XIV condemned violence and war and those who perpetuate it: “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war,

Amidst writing this post, I had to take a break to sweep and mop the floors of my home. A simple and easy task, really, but one that seemed to take away

In a press conference a few weeks ago, US House Speaker Mike Johnson responded to a question concerning Pope Leo’s condemnation of the mass deportation

It was recently revealed in a Christianity Today article that Philip Yancey is “retiring from writing, speaking, and social media,” after having

Time and space are peculiar during the Advent season. The emphasis on repeated family traditions resurrects memories of the past amidst present

Western society has an odd relationship with patience. While most would claim patience is a virtue in some sense, our entire society is set up to deny its

Of all the passages of the Gospels, I find Christ’s words in Luke 14 to be among the most challenging: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and

How should we think about our flaws and misbehavior? For some, flaws are something to be embraced: we should be loved ‘warts and all’. For others,

Who reads the Scriptures better—Bart Ehrman or my grandmother? One is a world-renowned scholar of the New Testament and textual critic, the other has no

Abstract. John Behr and others have argued that partitive exegesis is central to ‘Nicene’ theology, especially when considering writers such as Athanasius

For today's post, I'm going to focus a bit more on some of the theological frameworks I have been working on for an article– a "first look", as it were,

Moral failings in the church are not a new phenomenon—to read the pages of Christian history is to see sin’s stain throughout.  The writings of the New

Alasdair MacIntyre, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and Duke University, well-known for his work on moral and political philosophy, has died. Professor MacIntyre wrote...

I had the privilege of attending a conference in Rome on the Council of Nicaea about a month ago. Throughout the various plenaries, panels, and

A new study analyzes nearly 1,000 Syriac manuscripts using digital tools to reveal how scribes shaped literary culture through excerpting—introducing a new metric, Excerpts Per Manuscript (EPM), to ma...

With the recent passing of Pope Francis, there has been a lot of discussion about the pope’s legacy. Described by NPR as “one of the most popular popes in

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What is Nicaea about? Most modern accounts will focus on the theological debate between Arius and Alexander of Alexandria, but the nature of the

In an Addis Ababa workshop, sacred texts are painstakingly crafted on goat skin using methods dating back to early Christianity – plus a bit of inspiration from Google Images

I didn’t know how to tear down that wall of silence and mystery that creeps up between parents and their teens, but I knew doing so was essential.