Upcoming Publication
Posted by Editors on June 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
For those who might be interested, my latest article, “The Wise Man has Two Tongues: Images of The Satyr and the Peasant by Jordaens and Steen,” will appear in Myth in History, History in Myth, volume 182 in Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History series. It is due out in August of 2009. Here’s the article abstract: “In … Continue reading →
Category Antiquity, Art, Baroque, Comedy, Culture, History, Iconography, Mythology · Tagged with Aesop's Fables, carnival, communitas, Dutch Art, Dutch History, Dutch Painting, E.J. Brill, Flemish Art, Flemish Painting, Jacob Jordaens, Jan Steen, Myth in History: History in Myth, Peasant, Renaissance Humanism, Satyr
“The Prince” and Pandora’s Box
“The Prince” and Pandora’s Box As I watched the second presidential debate, I turned to my husband and said, “This may not sound appropriate in a democratic republic—but when Barack Obama sits on that stool don’t you think he looks like an Eastern Prince? You know? The kind shown in Buddhist images of figures in … Continue reading →
Category Culture, Mythology, Politics · Tagged with "Renaissance Self-Fashioning", "The Prince", Barack Obama, John Lewis, John McCain, Machiavelli, Pandora, presidential campaign, Sarah Palin, Stephen Greenblatt
Abba and Amen
Posted by Editors on July 10, 2008 · 2 Comments
Abba and Amen I’ve been reading the book Myths of Religion by Andrew M. Greeley this week. It is a compendium of three of his books written in the Seventies, The Jesus Myth, The Sinai Myth and The Mary Myth. I’m intrigued by Greeley’s definition of myth, one that diverges from Joseph Campbell’s insofar as … Continue reading →
Category Christian Apologetics, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion · Tagged with Abba and Amen, Andrew M. Greeley, charity, Christianity, faith, hope, I Corinthians 13:13, Jesus Christ, Joachim Jeremias, Joseph Campbell, Myths of Religion, The Jesus Myth
Venus was a Nun
Posted by Editors on July 4, 2008 · 8 Comments
Venus was a Nun: and Other Things Your Mother Never Told You Though my post‘s title may sound like a Monty Python quip, it derives from a real phenomenon, that of syncretism. Syncretism is the reconciliation of disparate or contradictory beliefs, a term first coined by Plutarch (“Fraternal Love,” Moralia [2.490b], 1st c. AD). It … Continue reading →
Category Antiquity, Baroque, Iconography, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Renaissance · Tagged with "Concord is a mighty rampart.", A History of God, Abrahamic religions, Alciati, Antiquity, Aphrodite, Baroque, Cesara Ripa, Chastity, Christianity, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Islam, Judaism, Karen Armstrong, Monotheism, Monty Python, Pausanias, Plutarch, Pudicitia, Renaissance, revealed religions, syncretism, Venus, W.S. Heckscher
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