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Paul’s Gospel of Divine Self-Sacrifice

What is the center of the apostle Paul’s message of good news about God? According to this book, it is something God did and continues to do through Jesus Christ. It is divine self-giving for the benefit...

Paul Moser | 20 Sep 2022

Are we happier now?

The late Gilbert Sorrentino once told me that “even Kafka has to write ‘He opened the window.’” It took me some time to feel the force of this remark. But after years of studying modernist literature,...

Paul Stasi | 20 Sep 2022

What have fish to do with Gothic ivories?

Around 1248, the merchants of Flanders submitted a complaint to the French king Louis IX about the malfeasance of customs agents at the Franco-Flemish border at Bapaumes. Among the specific complaints...

Sarah M. Guérin | 15 Sep 2022

What’s Turkey doing (yet again)? : Between Kurds and Greeks

Perhaps no question concerning the Middle East and Europe today has been more loudly asked than the question “What’s Turkey doing (yet again)?”. Rightfully so, for, Turkey, once hailed by the international...

Eren Duzgun | 14 Sep 2022

“Like cool, clear ice”: Samuel Johnson During Lockdown

As Covid-19 spread across Europe in early 2020, my wife and I were in Seville, Spain, where we were spending three months reading, writing, walking, and enjoying the Andalusian cuisine, language, people,...

Greg Clingham | 14 Sep 2022

Power and Polarization in a Republic at Risk

Representation in the United States has always been a risky proposition. In principle, congressional lawmakers have strong incentives to collaborate on the creation of policies that constituents demand,...

James McCann, Walter J. Stone | 13 Sep 2022

Understanding Human Metabolism: Fats, the butter on the bread of life

Fat.  What a terrible word.  It’s what we don’t want.  Actually we need a fast way to get rid of it. Or so the word fat is generally perceived.  But that’s wrong.  We...

Keith Frayn | 13 Sep 2022

The Humanisation of Global Politics

Who matters in global politics? For a long time, the answer the majority of International Relations (IR) scholarship gave was simple: states. Then, gradually new actors appeared on the stage of global...

Sassan Gholiagha | 13 Sep 2022

Why Ottoman Architecture? A Research Journey

Architecture and Material Politics in the Fifteenth-century Ottoman Empire stems from my research on Ottoman architecture, which I began in summer 2014, shortly before the publication of my first book,...

Patricia Blessing | 8 Sep 2022

The Uncertainty of Our Being and the Four Purposes of Music

Music is a universal phenomenon. In all cultures we find music, where the penetrating message of the lyrical melody and the rich harmonies of the instrumental ensemble communicate the apprehensions of...

Scott F. Madey, Dean D. VonDras | 2 Sep 2022

What Do Iranians Think About the Iran Nuclear Deal?

As the United States, Iran, and world powers inch closer to restoring the landmark 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal—formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—issues like American interests,...

Assal Rad | 1 Sep 2022

The Scientific Collaboration that Brought Gaia to the World

With a two-page letter to the editor of the scientific journal Atmospheric Environment published in 1972, the English scientist and inventor James Lovelock (1919-2022) introduced Gaia into the professional...

Sébastien Dutreuil, Bruce Clarke | 1 Sep 2022