Category: academic writing

  • Augustine’s Will

    Augustine’s Will

    From On the Free Choice of the Will to Confessions My interest in the philosophy and theology of Augustine of Hippo developed at the end of my fourth year at the University of Chicago. I decided to enroll in a course on St. Augustine’s Confessions. While I didn’t really know anything about Augustine going into…

  • History, Heritage, and Healing

    History, Heritage, and Healing

    A Case Study on Public-Private Relations in the Evolving Significance of the Calhoun Monument in Charleston, South Carolina The statue of John C. Calhoun in Charleston, South Carolina was removed in June, 2020, despite legal protections the South Carolina Heritage Act of 2000 offered to war monuments in public spaces. In my research, I aimed…