Is Odysseus a Faithful Husband?
My students often blush at the irony of the image of Odysseus’ marriage bed for Odysseus himself hardly deserves the appellation “faithful” – but is there more to it than meets the eye?
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Marriage Tactics
I suppose it must be theoretically possible to create an ethic without God or a god, but historically in the west it’s been a problem. When Machiavelli developed the first utilitarian handbook on politics, that is to say, a book on politics that approached them without religion (except considered as a tool), he laid the …
A New and Living Way – Lost and Forgotten
Christians may find it comforting to look at the “world” around them and approach it with fear, believing that the troubles Christendom encounters come from that world. For example, the divorce rate among Christians is too high, and that is because we let “the world” influence us too much, or higher criticism has infected the …