When I talk to newcomers to Christianity, they often have a hang-up which is rather funny when you think about it. Many struggle with the doctrine of predestination — specifically, the Calvinistic ...

In Hamlet Shakespeare uses the stage presentation as a metaphor for the situation of every human being who is predestined to act in a certain way while remaining responsible for his acts: the play as ...

The toleration of Jews in early modern Dutch society is commonly seen as predicated on the maintenance of a clear social and religious separation between Jews and Christians. I argue that this view is ...