Winter 2013 Dante Alighieri and The Divine Comedy Daniel Tompsett Donald Winchester Perhaps no written work has had more influence on the Christian belief that human beings possess an immortal soul than Dante’s monumental poem.
July 30, 2012 The Roots of Urban Civilization Daniel Tompsett Modern cityscapes appear to have been built with the specific aim of serving the needs of our civilizations. But where does the idea of the city itself originate?
July 30, 2012 Towers of Babble: What’s in a Name? Daniel Tompsett The Tower of Babel was built somewhere on the plain of Shinar, although the exact site of the tower has been much debated by scholars.
Fall 2011 The Phoenix and the Early Church Daniel Tompsett Is the story of the mystical phoenix just an ancient flight of fancy? Its rebirth through Christian writings suggests otherwise.
Fall 2010 Does Capitalism Have a Future? Daniel Tompsett In the wake of the 2007–09 financial crisis, a number of economists and commentators have written books to try to establish why the crisis happened.