Blog Midlife Reflections of a Professor Mom Author’s note: This piece is based on a speech delivered to graduate students at the…Julia D. HejdukNovember 2, 2023
Blog If You Want to Save Souls, Leave Bigger Tips In the light of eternity, the light in which everything should always be viewed, what…Julia D. HejdukOctober 5, 2023
Blog You Can’t Have a Telos of NO A telos means what something is for, the ultimate end at which it aims. The…Julia D. HejdukApril 19, 2023
Blog The Two Scandals of Christianity From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem…Julia D. HejdukSeptember 20, 2022
Blog Gabriel’s Hello Author’s Note: By the kind permission of both journals’ editors, a version of this piece…Julia D. HejdukMarch 25, 2022
Blog “Friending” the Dead (Part 2): Friendship with the Living Author’s note: In yesterday’s post, I argued that one of the purposes of scholarship is…Julia D. HejdukJanuary 13, 2022
Blog “Friending” the Dead (Part 1) Author’s note: This two-part post is based on a talk first delivered to Baylor University’s…Julia D. HejdukJanuary 12, 2022
Article American Idols: Review of George M. Marsden, The Soul of the American University Revisited Julia D. Hejduk is the Reverend Jacob Beverly Stiteler Professor of Classics and Associate Dean…Julia D. HejdukOctober 27, 2021
Blog Tactile Interface Author’s Note: This is a slightly revised version of the Presidential Address delivered to the…Julia D. HejdukOctober 12, 2021
Blog Anger Reconsidered The Prince of Peace said, “I have not come to bring peace, but a sword”…Julia D. HejdukAugust 31, 2021
Blog On Humility, or, Christianity as Bull-dung In a post engagingly entitled “Academic Freedom: From Ram-skit to Bull-dung,” Crystal Downing relates how…Julia D. HejdukJuly 15, 2021
Blog Why Jesus is a Joke: On the Coincidence of April fools and Maundy Thursday, 2021 The legendary fall of Troy was precipitated by the horrific death of the priest Laocoön,…Julia D. HejdukApril 1, 2021
Blog Defamiliarizing Christianity “Christ Animated Learning” is an inspired title for this blog, for Christ the Logos (“word,…Julia D. HejdukFebruary 11, 2021