The author of the present blog.
Welcome to my blog. I occasionally post here about matters of largely theological interest, which is a hobby that I have far less outlet for than I would like, but you will also find some popular historical pieces that I have written. I have an M.A. in Religion, with an emphasis in Ethics and Philosophy from Florida State University; as an undergraduate at the University of Florida, I earned a B.A. in Religion and a B.S. in Psychology. At present, I am pursuing an M.A./Ph.D. in British History at the University of Kansas. I focus primarily on religious thought, specifically the Reformation and the history of its interpretation (the technical term for this is historiography) in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. I also have a strong interest in political theory and political theology during the same time period, not least with the ways that the English/Anglican monarchy utilized medieval devotional practices up through the eighteenth century.
In my free time, I enjoy writing poetry, playing guitar and working out. I also love music of many varieties. Music is metaphysics par excellence as far as I am concerned, and at some point I hope to trace here the outlines of my basic conviction that music, as sound, is an articulation of the logos. I am a regular contributor to The Living Church, and am a member of The Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius and The Society of King Charles the Martyr.
