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Rain on Mown Grass
Psalm 72 is one of the most majestic, calmly triumphant Psalms in the Psalter. Attributed to Solomon,…
A Strange Research Project
An email came to me this week from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). The Institute describes itself…
On the History of Charisms
“The time has come,” writes Luigino Bruni (The Wound and the Blessing), “to rewrite the economic and…
Inequality and Inequality
In Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue, Ryan Patrick Hanley explains why Smith considered the “inequality of…
Blue Arrogance
At the Daily Beast, Joel Kotkin exposes the “arrogance of Blue America,” expressed in talk of Blue…
Theology of Gift
I’ve quoted this before, often, but it’s so good it merits re-quotation. From Luther’s 1528 “Confession”: These…
Architectural Asceticism
Reviewing Adrian Forty’s Concrete and Culture in the TLS, James Hall summarizes the shifting fortunes of concrete as…
Authentic Shakespeare
Don-John Dugas’s recent Shakespeare for Everyman offers a revisionist account of the rise of “authentic” stagings of Shakespeare…
Immigration Enforcement
Enforcement of current immigration laws is a political prerequisite for immigration reform, whatever direction that reform is…
Hear and Forgive
Solomon knows that the temple cannot contain Yahweh. He can’t be contained within the limits of earth,…
Mediators
Ancient conceptions of society were tinged by the potential for tragedy, a potential linked to the inescapable…
Chiasms of Prayer
Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of the temple begins with a prayer structured as a double chiasm…
A Descriptivist Leaves her Stamp
How did we end up with these people in charge? When we hear a humanities professor complain…
Politics of YHWH
The Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder is best known for his seminal book on The Politics of…
A Lofty House
The ark has been placed in the temple, the Levitical musicians have played, Yahweh’s glory has descended…
