Biblical Optics: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 3 April 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 3 April 2011 (Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year A) 1 Samuel 16:1-13 •Psalm 23 •Ephesians 5:8-14 •John 9:1-41 This Bible post is a bit different…
Yet Another Links Post That Needs a Title
Garry Wills goes all Nate Gilmour on Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Torrance Kelly. OH SNAP. Susan Wise Bauer gets hate mail from both sides. Do we worship our partisan political…
A Platonic Thought: The Number of Abortions Is not the Main Concern
In this strange season when the world waits for the Republican primary field to solidify, one can say that certain things are hard to predict and others not hard at…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #43: The Phaedrus and the Nature of Rhetoric
General Introduction – What’s on the blog? – Listener feedback Plato Gets Hostile – Nathan explains Weaver – Why does Plato hate rhetoric? – Structure vs. content – What is…
The Just, the Kingly, and the Tragic: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 27 March 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 March 2011 (Third Sunday of Lent, Year A) Exodus 17:1-7 •Psalm 95 •Romans 5:1-11 •John 4:5-42 I remember a palpable disappointment when I learned…
Linking: My Religion
A conservative complains about the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. What that R-rated incident at Northwestern University really means. Meliorists vs. Traditionalists: The cage match for the ages. Christopher…
Heideggerian Clarifications: A Response to Ben Mordecai
In the dead time between semesters, the podcast received a very thoughtful email from listener Ben Mordecai, one asking for more information about our Heidegger episode (one of our best,…
The Christian Humanist, Episode 42: Asceticism
General Introduction – Hey, it’s Spring Break (for some of us) – Good news! – Grubbs apologizes for our hiatus – Why we’re better than the other podcasts – What’s…
Are You a Teacher of Israel?: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 20 March 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 20 March 2011 (Second Sunday of Lent, Year A) Genesis 12:1-4a •Psalm 121 •Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 •John 3:1-17 or Matthew 17:1-9 For some time I’ve been…
Conservative Link Tank
RIP John Shawcross, Milton scholar. How Top Gun killed the American movie. Jerry Salyer warns against (and admits the inevitability of) a knee-jerk Europhobia. Leonard Davis demonstrates the painful insularity…
Fear and Pity: A Review of The Nature of Love: A Theology for SpeakEasy Bloggers
The Nature of Love: A Theology By Thomas Jay Oord. 195 pp. $25.99 (hardcover) Perhaps I’m odd for thinking of Aristotle’s Poetics after I’ve read a book on Christian theology,…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode 41.01: Dem Christian Humanist Blues
Hey, you’re gonna get another episode soon. Stop looking like the world just ended. For reasons personal, professional, horticultural, stereotypical, fractal, nonsensical, or more than one of the above, the…
Worship Me: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 13 March 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 March 2011 (First Sunday of Lent, Year A) Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 • Psalm 32 • Romans 5:12-19 • Matthew 4:1-11 The temptation of Christ…
Little Shop of Linkers
Let’s get this straight: Public sector employees are not overpaid. More to ponder on inflammatory public rhetoric and risks of violence I’ll take an order of Skinner with some Darwin…