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A C&U Summer Reading Symposium
Dear Friends, The end of the academic year is upon us. Have you decided what you are going to read this summer? A personal goal of mine for the summer is to re-visit the work of William Shakespeare....
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Shakespeare Reading Schedule
Happy summer, friends. If you are interested in reading Shakespeare with me this summer (and if you aren’t, for shame!), here’s the schedule that I’ve come up with. Feel free to jump in for a play or...
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Reading Shakespeare Theologically
In his foreword to Stratford Caldecott’s (wonderful) book, Beauty in the Word, Anthony Esolen talks about the way the study of literature in primary and secondary schools suffers from a twofold...
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MacBeth: Treachery and Confession
I’m not sure if spoiler alerts are relevant for a 400 year old play, but nevertheless, you are warned. One of the things that struck me as I read MacBeth for the first time since college, was the...
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Much Ado about the Limits of Self-Determination
In my intro to theology course this spring, I taught Augustine’s Confessions. When I introduced Augustine’s understanding of the free choice of the will, my students became perplexed. And a bit...
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A Midsummer’s Nightmare; a Midsummer’s Hope
Every so often, the hashtag #confessyourunpopularopinion shows up on Twitter. Here’s mine: I don’t like A Midsummer’s Night Dream. I find it tedious, predictable, and dull. It is probably the most...
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