Why was Jesus put to death for a political crime? Tomorrow at George Washington University in Washington, DC, I'll be talking about I Judge No One on the kind invitation of Samuel Goldman.
Author: David Lloyd Dusenbury
David Lloyd Dusenbury is a philosopher, historian of ideas, Times Literary Supplement contributor and senior fellow at Budapest's Danube Institute. The author of I Judge No One and The Innocence of Pontius Pilate (published by Hurst and Oxford University Press), he is also Chair for Jewish-Christian Relations at the University of Antwerp.
Aquinas & the “worlds of law”: Loyola University Maryland
Thomas Aquinas rejected the Greek atomists' theory of "infinite other worlds" (alios infinitos: S.Th. I, q. 47, art. 3); but can the modern theory of "dwelling-worlds" (Umwelten) help us reconstruct his theory of law? Tomorrow, 13 November 2023, I'll be giving a lecture at Loyola University Maryland, on the kind invitation of Professor Graham McAleer.… Continue reading Aquinas & the “worlds of law”: Loyola University Maryland
Out now in paperback: The Innocence of Pontius Pilate
Hurst has just released The Innocence of Pontius Pilate in an elegant paperback edition. So pleased to see it!
“Innocence of Pontius Pilate” at Duke University
I am greatly looking forward to my time at Duke University next week, to give a talk on Passion-interpretation & legal culture in the early Enlightenment. Do join if you can. Register here.
American book tour: I Judge No One & The Innocence of Pontius Pilate
Delighted to be visiting a number of American universities in the coming weeks to talk about I Judge No One & The Innocence of Pontius Pilate (out in paperback on 2 Nov.). Do join if you can --
“I Judge No One” at George Washington University
Very pleased to be visiting the Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom at George Washington University, next month, to discuss my new book on the political life of Jesus. Do join if you're in DC on 14 November. (Registration required.)
Nemesius of Emesa at the University of Belgrade
Delighted to be visiting the University of Belgrade later this week, on Prof. Ljiljana Radenović's invitation, to give a talk on Platonic reincarnation, Galenic medicine, & early Christian anthropology as part of her "Science, Faith, & Superstition" project supported by the University of Oxford & the John Templeton Foundation.
“I Judge No One” in Acta Comparanda
Very pleased to see the review of I Judge No One in a Belgian journal, Acta Comparanda. "The book is too rich to summarize" - but the reviewer offers a generous summary. Crucially, he finds Jesus to be "philosophically more intriguing" here, than before.
“The Women Who Made Augustine” in Engelsberg Ideas
It was a joy to read Kate Cooper's new book on the women of Augustine's Confessions. It's a triumph of history, & what we might call "conjectural history" (with a nod to Immanuel Kant). Read my review of it, for Engelsberg Ideas, here.
“I Judge No One” reviewed in Acta Comparanda
Very pleased to hear that the summer issue of Acta Comparanda, published by the Faculty for Comparative Religion & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, contains a review of I Judge No One. I'm keen to read, in due course.
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