Then and Now
I am teaching my class "Happiness and Pursuit of the Good Life" for the second time at Brown, and it is hard to believe that we are moving into the final weeks. I hope to have more to say about my experience teaching this class, but for now there is … [Continue reading] about Happiness Course
Conversations about AI in the classroom have been raging this year. Among teachers, it has mainly been a conversation tinged with fear: how do I keep my students from using it to cheat? How do I detect it? Should I even bother to assign essays and … [Continue reading] about AI and the Classroom
While teaching my undergraduate course on The Ten Commandments this semester, I came upon the following passage in a sermon that Augustine preached in Carthage in 401: And you, you despise him who is equal to the Father and one with the Father. You … [Continue reading] about Shabbat in Carthage
A talk that I gave in Rome on the nature of biblical "law", based on my last book, How the Bible Became Holy, is now online. Let me use the opportunity for a shout-out for the Cardinal Bea Center, who sponsored this talk and which is doing great … [Continue reading] about Is Biblical Law “Law”?
I have been in Rome this semester, which has been an extraordinary experience. I have been working especially hard on my new book, which should be finished soon. I've been invited to speak about it in Paris on December 12 (in English!)- if you are … [Continue reading] about When in Rome, go to Paris…