BOOK BLOG | The Dogma is the Drama (Sayers - Letter 3)
“…for the cry today is: ‘Away with the tedious complexities of dogma – let us have the simple spirit of worship; just worship, no matter...
How – What it Means to Teach History – Has Changed
History the Way We Used to Learn It: “We were told that history is a large body of indisputable facts about people, places, laws, wars,...
BOOK BLOG | What Do We Believe? (Sayers - Letter 2)
“In ordinary times we get along surprisingly well, on the whole, without ever discovering what our faith really is.” In this second essay...
What is “History”?
“As a discipline history encourages the sort of deep thinking and reading literacy required in our increasingly complex world. As s...
Self-conscience vs. Self-interest: A Reflection on Thoreau’s Resistance to Civil Government
It was President Ronald Reagan who famously proclaimed that, “Man is not free unless government is limited.” While it is not at all clear...
BOOK BLOG | "The Greatest Drama Ever Staged" (Sayers - Letter 1)
Subtitled: Is the Official Creed of Christendom “Now, this is not just a pious commonplace; it is not a commonplace at all. For what It...
