If you like Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn’s writing at Current, you will also enjoy her recent piece at Zocalo Public Square. Here is a taste: “Everything is broken,” repeated the chorus of a Bob Dylan song from his 1989 album Oh Mercy—strings (guitar,...
How shall we live? Where do we find the resources for living well? In this episode, historian Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn examines the reappearance of ancient philosophical thought in contemporary American culture. She argues that we need to take back philosophy as...
Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby is scheduled for release in the early fall. (I will be part of a panel on the book in November at the annual meeting of American Academy of Religion in Boston). I’ll bet...
He wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War and is considered one of the first historians in the Western world. He also seems to be a favorite of some members of the Trump administration. Over at Politico, Michael Crowley tells the story...
Andrew Henry, at Religion for Breakfast, explains: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DHbOpS-N0c]...
