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August 2020

August 01, 2020

Some Musings on Papal Infallibility

Pope Innocent III (r. 1198-1216).(Wikimedia Commons) In his work Innocent III and the Crown of...

December 2019

December 09, 2019

Sahih Muslim and the Immaculate Conception

Inmaculada, Alonso Vázquez, Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla(Wikimedia Commons). This past summer, I was...

April 2019

April 14, 2019

Saladin in Muslim Memory

Saladin, 16th c. (Wikimedia Commons) In my very first blog post, “A Primer on the...

March 2019

March 16, 2019

Book Review: Jihad in Classical and Modern Islam

(Image from Amazon.com) Rudolph Peters. Jihad in Classical and Modern Islam (Second Edition.) Princeton. Markus...

March 09, 2019

Book Review: In God’s Path

(Photo from Amazon.com) Robert G. Hoyland. In God’s Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation...

February 2019

February 25, 2019

The Burning of Basil the Bogomil

(Wikimedia Commons) Originating in Bulgaria in the 10th century A.D., Bogomilism was a dualist heresy...

January 2019

January 26, 2019

The New Testament Canon in the Fourth Century

Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Book of Kells, (Wikimedia Commons) This article will explore the state of...

January 12, 2019

Theodore Abu Qurrah and the Papacy

Icon of St. Peter, St. Catherine's Monastery, 6th c. (Wikimedia Commons) Theodore Abu Qurrah was...

January 05, 2019

A Primer on the Crusades

Urban II Preaching the First Crusade (Wikimedia Commons) The Historical Context In the wake...