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Author: David Lloyd Dusenbury

Postdoctoral fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Author of The Space of Time (2014), Platonic Legislations (2017), The Innocence of Pontius Pilate (2021), and Nemesius of Emesa on Human Nature (2021). Regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement, Los Angeles Review of Books, etc.

Out Now: I Judge No One

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 David Lloyd DusenburyLeave a comment

“Melancholy’s Infinity” in Hungarian translation

March 27, 2023 David Lloyd DusenburyLeave a comment

Very pleased to see a Hungarian translation of my essay on Emil Cioran, “Melancholy’s Infinity”, in the pages of Országút. Points touched on: Hugh of Miramar on human misery; Cioran’s romanticism; & “a principle of bitterness which only tears can sweeten”. Read here.

“I Judge No One”: Book-signing at Atlantisz, in Budapest

March 24, 2023 David Lloyd DusenburyLeave a comment

Many thanks to all who came out for yesterday's book-signing (my first) at Atlantisz, in the heart of Budapest -- & to all who helped make it happen.

Out now: I Judge No One

March 22, 2023March 28, 2023 David Lloyd DusenburyLeave a comment

Book-signing at Atlantisz, in Budapest

March 14, 2023 David Lloyd DusenburyLeave a comment

Next week in Budapest -- I'll be signing copies of I Judge No One & saying a few words about it in conversation with Eric Hendriks-Kim, at Atlantisz Publishing House & Bookstore in the heart of the city. There will be wine; do join if you can.

“I Judge No One” at All Souls College, University of Oxford

February 28, 2023 David Lloyd DusenburyLeave a comment

Very pleased to be talking at All Souls, Oxford, later this week about my new book on the political life of Jesus. Plus a conversation moderated by Fitzroy Morrissey, who's done noted work on the figure of Jesus in Islamic traditions. If you're in town --

“I Judge No One” at the University of Antwerp

February 28, 2023 David Lloyd DusenburyLeave a comment

A few shots of last week's lecture on "The Strangeness of Jesus: Spinoza & the Gospels", at the University of Antwerp. A beautiful evening for me, & a stimulating conversation with Dennis Baert. Many thanks to my hosts at UCSIA & the Institute of Jewish Studies, & to all who came out.#Spinoza #Jesus #philosophy #gospels

Alexander Faludy reviews “I Judge No One”

February 13, 2023 David Lloyd DusenburyLeave a comment

I am very pleased to see Alexander Faludy's thoughtful new review of I Judge No One -- "fluent and thought-provoking"; "Dusenbury’s work matters, for he skilfully draws the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith closer together."

Spinoza’s robot

February 12, 2023February 12, 2023 David Lloyd DusenburyLeave a comment

It's a polemical image, but Spinoza doesn't seem to think much of a "robot" (automaton) which "speaks without mind & sense (sine mente et sensu)". - Theological-Political Treatise, 13.6

“I Judge No One” at the Danube Institute, Budapest

February 8, 2023 David Lloyd DusenburyLeave a comment

Great conversation last night at the Danube Institute launch of my new book, I Judge No One. Hard questions & brilliant insights from political theologian György Geréby, & political philosopher David Martin Jones. Many thanks to those who organized, & all who joined!

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