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“No work of St. Bonaventure is more widely known and more justly praised than the brief treatise called the Itinerarium mentis in Deum. For clarity of expression, mastery of organization, and density...
In 1885, John Ruskin resigned as Slade Professor of Art to protest the establishment a laboratory for experimental physiology at Oxford University. ‘I cannot lecture in the next room to a shrieking...
In a world largely shaped by Silicon Valley tech giants, the BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, now expanding to new members —are emerging as influential players in the...
Twenty years ago Neil Wenborn and I celebrated the launch of our Dictionary of Jewish–Christian Relations, which comprised more than 700 entries, from ‘Aaron’ to ‘Zola’. At the time, I felt...
“It’s 10 O’clock – do you know where your children are?” This question was widely posed to parents in public service announcements broadcast on the radio and TV and posted on billboards...
The English author John Milton, who never set foot in Ireland, has long been a consequential presence there nonetheless. Since 1890, for example, visitors to the National Library of Ireland in Dublin...
What do you feel when you look at something beautiful? Take this honeysuckle pattern, copied from a Greek vase. As your eyes trace its symmetrical curves, can you feel your “two lungs draw in a long...
The English poet John Keats died in 1821, and almost immediately his friend Joseph Severn began working on the portrait of Keats that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Severn painted from...
“Demagoguery and the decline of democracy” This is the subtitle of my new book with CUP. But it might just as well be a headline on 5 November 2024 when Donald Trump was voted 47th president...
In the history of economics, the contributions of early Indian economists remain largely overlooked despite their profound impact. My work centers on the pioneering voices of these economists, particularly...
Modern slavery is regarded as a global problem of epic proportions. The 2021 Global Estimates on Modern Slavery contends that on any given day there are 50 million people in situations of modern slavery,...
For most people, their family is the most important aspect of their life. The concept of ‘family’ is central to individual identity but an understanding of what constitutes a ‘family’ as well...
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