today's unplanned comparison in my early Christianity class: Tertullian's "Prescription against Heretics" shares rhetoric strategies with Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No!" campaign

this is your brain on Marcion

I love that. One of my students today compared Gregory against pilgrimages to the Wizard of Oz (there's no place like home...). Isn't it fun when this happens? ALSO kudos to our students for bringing up pop culture refs that are old