What We’re Reading
Thomas Hobbes, The Leviathan. Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan is a seminal work of modern political philosophy and, to some, the beginning of modern political science. Hobbes holds an…
What We’re Reading
Machiavelli, The Prince. Teaching Machiavelli’s The Prince is no easy task. For one, it is the lesser work in comparison to The Discourses on Livy which contains…
Reflections on Stanley Kubrick: March 2025
VOEGELINVIEW is pleased to announce that in March 2025, we will be publishing an assortment of essays and articles dealing with the filmography of Stanley Kubrick, exploring…
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Miguel Cervantes, Don Quixote. The first novel, so-called, Don Quixote is a ironic satire on chivalric romance which calls into question the reality of the songs sung…
A Christmas Carol Reflection
May Christmas be a time of good cheer for you, your family, your loved ones. During this ingathering of family and friends, stories are usually shared about…
Reflections on Stanley Kubrick: Spring 2025
VOEGELINVIEW is pleased to announce that in spring 2025, we will be publishing an assortment of essays and articles dealing with the filmography of Stanley Kubrick, exploring…
What We’re Reading
John Milton, Paradise Lost. The greatest epic of the English language, Milton’s Paradise Lost is a grand tapestry of humanity caught in the storm clouds of the…
First Things Podcast: “The Truth is in the Classics”
On November 14, First Things published a podcast episode with VOEGELINVIEW editor Paul Krause on his book Finding Arcadia: Wisdom, Truth, and Love in the Classics. The…
What We’re Reading
Dante, Paradiso. So far this year, I have had the privilege of leading a class through Dante’s Divine Comedy. Approaching the end of the epic pilgrimage, Paradiso…
What We’re Reading
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. Dickens is the Victorian-era author. His works are now the stuff of cultural legend and treasure, with numerous works having been made for…
What We’re Reading
Dante, The Inferno. A great joy and hidden benefit of teaching is when you get to revisit great texts because they are part of your teaching load…
What We’re Reading
Kim Paffenroth and Maggie Ann Labinski (Eds.), Augustine and Gender. Few figures in Christianity loom as large over the history of Western civilization as Saint Augustine. One…
What We’re Reading
Charles J. Kim, Jr., The Way of Humility: St. Augustine’s Theology of Preaching. Few figures in western history are as important and influential as Saint Augustine. Author…
What We’re Reading
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America. Tocqueville’s classic Democracy in America is a timely read and is as important now as when it was written. When asked…
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Mark David Hall, Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism? Many terms have popped up over the years and decades simply meant to smear political opponents. No term has…