John Cavadini, my mentor as a Master's student at Notre Dame and now the Chair of the Department of Theology there, has written what Michel Barnes said might be the best thing he's ever written on Augustine. The two of them are both Augustine scholars, and John seems to be here in much the same L'Enfant terrible mode I've seen Barnes and his ( Read more... )

I just got this from Michel Barnes, our Augustine scholar and my advisor/fellow geek culture enthusiast, who got it from his friend Lewis Ayres, who together are rocking their field. It highlights an absolutely gross dishonesty in the smarmy side of scholarship ( Read more... )

Hey folks ( Read more... )