Kenneth Colston

When conventions are aligned with morality, keeping up appearances is sane.  Continue Reading »

The Resurrection without Holy Week would be pie-in-the-sky and cheap joy.  Continue Reading »

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament brings out the fanatic in every fan, and inspires behavior puzzling to the uninitiated. Continue Reading »

Shakespeare managed to sneak medieval Catholic drama into his work, despite Puritan regulation—so why don't Catholic playwrights today do the same?  Continue Reading »

Two millennia ago, a Jewish rabbi declared that he had the authority to forgive sins or “send away mistakes” and transferred that authority to his closest followers. An early follower, Tertullian, called the action of repentance and forgiveness a “plank” for a “shipwrecked man.” The . . . . Continue Reading »

A Will to Believe: Shakespeare and Religion  by david scott kastan oxford university press, 155 pages, $40.00If Zeno were to write Shakespeare criticism, he might sound a little like David Scott Kastan. The George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University’s meticulous, short book on . . . . Continue Reading »