In this series of online lectures, we explore John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost. The first lecture deals with a summary analysis of the theology of the poem, focusing on Milton’s theology of the passions (eros) as it relates to Puritanism, Adam and Eve, Satan, love, sin, and redemption. The second lecture concerns itself with reading and understanding the history and context of Milton’s life and the poem and how this leads to irony and satire within the work. The third and final lecture deals with understanding the famous “War in Heaven” passages in the epic.
LECTURE ONE: THE EROTIC THEOLOGY OF JOHN MILTON & PARADISE LOST
LECTURE TWO: HISTORY, CONTEXT, IRONY, AND SATIRE
LECTURE THREE: THE WAR IN HEAVEN
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Hesiod, Paul Krause in real life, is the editor-in-chief of VoegelinView. He is writer, classicist, and historian. He has written on the arts, culture, classics, literature, philosophy, religion, and history for numerous journals, magazines, and newspapers. He is the author of Finding Arcadia, The Odyssey of Love and the Politics of Plato, and a contributor to the College Lecture Today and Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters. He holds master’s degrees in philosophy and religious studies (biblical studies & theology) from the University of Buckingham and Yale, and a bachelor’s degree in economics, history, and philosophy from Baldwin Wallace University.
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