Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology: Recent submissions
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Using Therapeutic Sin-Talk in a (Post)Modern Environment: a Theologically Acceptable Choice or a Contemporary Eastern Orthodox Problem?
(International Journal of Orthodox Theology, 1 December 2022)A glimpse at Christian Orthodox writings published over the last twenty years illustrates that numerous Eastern Orthodox scholars acknowledge that, to a large extent, our present era is postmodern. Given that, one would ... -
The Normative Implications of the Doctrine of Creatio Ex Nihilo and Nikolai Berdyaev. Towards a Renewed Christian Orthodox Understanding of Human Freedom for the Postmodern Twenty-First Century
(International Journal of Orthodox Theology, 18 June 2020)This paper examines the relationship between the doctrine of ‘creation out of nothing’ and the traditional Eastern Orthodox theological understanding of human freedom as submission to the Church’s teachings, regulations, ... -
Ancient Sea Monsters and a Medieval Hero: The Nicoras of Beowulf
(Shima Publishing, 14 October 2022)This article examines the nicor (pl. nicoras) of Beowulf, a type of aquatic monster that appears elsewhere in Old English literature only in the Letter of Alexander to Aristotle and the Blickling Homily XVI. These beasts ... -
Divine Nature and the Natural Divine: The Marine Folklore of Pliny the Elder
(Routledge, 13 July 2021)This article considers the depiction of the marine world and its mythical inhabitants in the Natural History of Pliny the Elder. Through an ecocritical reading of the text, whereby I consider Pliny’s tendency to conceptualise ... -
'The society that separates its scholars from its keyboard warriors...': tracking Thucydides on Twitter
(Bloomsbury Academic, 15 December 2022)