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Marxism, Socialism, and Communism

The ideologies of Marxism, socialism, and communism have been the cause of immense human misery throughout history. Yet they remain popular and are among the forces destroying America today. This course will consider the nature, history, and legacy of these ideologies.

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What did Early Christians Think of the Roman Empire?

September 12, 2024

How important was the relationship between Christianity and the Roman Empire? Did Christianity “need” the empire in order to spread? What did early Christians think about living in this pagan empire? In the Q&A session of lecture six in our course, “Western Heritage: From the Book of Genesis to John Locke,” Korey Maas addresses these and other poignant historical questions about the emergen...

By Andrew Koperski

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Don’t Take Classical Music for Granted

September 5, 2024

Conventional wisdom and scientific studies tout the benefits of classical music on mental health, child development, and even plant growth. Perhaps it is a sign of the times that two thirds of gardeners in the U.S. admit to playing music for their plants. But while these pragmatic benefits are widely recognized, classical music has largely fallen out of fashion as a form of entertainment that i...

By Veronica Brooks

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The Play’s the Thing

August 29, 2024

In an earlier post, I described the beginning of Hamlet. The title character is haunted by the ghost of his dead father to discover his uncle is his father’s murderer. In Acts Two and Three of Hamlet we see how Hamlet begins to plot his revenge. In the middle of Act Two, as Professor Smith explains, “unexpectedly, surprisingly, delightfully a troop of traveling actors enters the play and provide H...

By Brett Waite

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