Earlier this summer, I had the great pleasure of talking with Ashutosh Garg, Times of India contributor (&c.), about the figure of Jesus & the enduring questions it has generated in the history of philosophy & politics. Watch it here.
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.
Second episode of Buda Hills Podcast: David Goldman
Has the “Asian century” started? And will it be a “Chinese century”, as The Economist recently suggested? In the second Buda Hills episode we talk with David P. Goldman of the celebrated Asia Times column “Spengler”. Listen here.
First episode of Buda Hills Podcast: Edward Luttwak
Can great powers have catastrophic blind spots? In the first episode of Buda Hills we talk with Edward Luttwak, a historian of grand strategy & strategist who counts many governments among his clients. Watch it here.
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Summer reading recommendation: “I Judge No One”
Summer reading recommendation by David Martin Jones: "Dusenbury’s work on the origins of Christianity, the life of Christ and its interpretation by his disciples is original and pathbreaking. He brings a profound knowledge of the gospels and their exegesis, to an original, insightful and highly provocative view of the political life of Jesus. The emphasis… Continue reading Summer reading recommendation: “I Judge No One”
“The Innocence of Pontius Pilate” in Oxford
I am very pleased to be returning to Oxford this week to give a talk on Dante & the secular (& the Roman trial of Jesus) at the Centre for Theology, Law, & Culture, at Pusey House.
High & fine lines from C. P. Cavafy’s poem, “Thermopylae”
“Honour to those who in the life they lead define & guard a Thermopylae. Never betraying what is right, consistent & just in all they do.” – Manuscript of C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Thermopylae”. Cavafy Archive.
“I Judge No One” in Svenska Dagbladet
Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet on I Judge No One: "Dusenbury concludes by stating that the religion of love that breaks into the world with Jesus does not imply a denial of all forms of political logic, but that it reminds us that 'our deepest longing lies beyond the political'. This, if nothing else, makes Dusenbury's… Continue reading “I Judge No One” in Svenska Dagbladet
“I Judge No One” in Church Times
"An immensely erudite essay on the place of Jesus in the history of ideas." - I am immensely grateful for Peter Selby's new review of I Judge No One. He describes, at least, the book I hoped to write. Read here.
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