Confessions re-emerged into floodlit attention in the Romantic era of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, when it was…
The “great sinner” myth
Lives of Great Religious Books
Prompted by the launch of Princeton University Press’s series, The Lives of Great Religious Books, The Immanent Frame in partnership with the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University launched a discussion centering on the metaphor of a text’s biography, its purchase and limitations.
Read Jeremy Walton’s reflection on the importance of the series here.
The birth of a book
An old photograph provides a glimpse into a dismal cell at a Nazi prison called Tegel. Wan light falls in…
The evolution of a text
In his 1915 essay, “Thoughts for the Times on War and Death,” Sigmund Freud wrote, “It is indeed impossible to…
Moments from the lives of great religious books
“The Lives of Great Religious Books,” a promising new series from Princeton University Press, debuted this month with three titles—Martin…
“I would love to read the biography of a book . . .”
As part of our discussion of the “Lives of Great Religious Books” series out this March from Princeton University Press,…