Peter S. Hawkins
Peter S. Hawkins teaches at Yale Divinity School. His books include Dante's Testaments: Essays in Scriptural Imagination (Stanford University Press).
A taste for Dante
A. N. Wilson's literary biography aims to bridge the gap between the Commedia and nonspecialists who, allegedly abandoned by the professionals, are like sheep without a shepherd.
by Peter S. Hawkins
January 29, 2012
Going into the temple of the Lord would never be taken lightly. Still, Isaiah could not have imagined what was about to happen.
June 2, 2009
As some friends and I ate a picnic lunch, we fell into a rambling conversation about politics, real estate values in an earthquake zone and the virtues of sauvignon blanc over chardonnay. Then I mentioned offhandedly that perhaps I viewed something or other the way I did because I was a Christian. This revelation did not strike me as a big deal. After all, they had been talking about Buddhist meditation, Sufi parables and personal spiritual rituals.
August 9, 2005
A kneeling woman does not have far to fall, and by all rights Jesus' insult should have floored her on the spot.
August 9, 2005
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