The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #93.3: Musical Theater
General Introduction – Skeleton crew – Cold weather – No listener feedback Opera as Super-Art – 16th-century Italy – Its roots in humanism and classicism – Connections to tragedy –…
Turning on Christ: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 3 February 2013
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 3 February 2013 (Fourth Sunday of Epiphany, Year C) Jeremiah 1:4-10 • Psalm 71:1-6 • 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 • Luke 4:21-30 Popular acclaim can get ugly in a hurry. Certainly that’s…
The Word Made Full: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 27 January 2013
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 January 2013 (Third Sunday of Epiphany, Year C) Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 • Psalm 19 • 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a • Luke 4:14-21 “To fulfill” is one of…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #93.2: Pragmatism
General Introduction – Where’s Grubbs? – A programming note – Listener feedback C.S. Peirce – What do our sentences mean? – Synthesizing physical phenomena – Peirce as Father of Analytic…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #93.1: Answers to Your Questions
General Introduction – A month of decimals – What’s David teaching? John Donne and Death – Does he appeal to the bodily resurrection? – Quippiness, chipperness – Taking death seriously…
A Sign for a Feast: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 20 January 2013
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 20 January 2013 (Second Sunday of Epiphany, Year C) Isaiah 62:1-5 • Psalm 36:5-10 • 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 • John 2:1-11 People in my Christian tradition, and…
The Family of Hope: A Reflection on the Lectionary readings for 13 January 2013
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 January 2013 (Baptism of the Lord, Year C) Isaiah 43:1-7 • Psalm 29 • Acts 8:14-17 • Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Promises concerning Israel’s future are about restoring a past that…
User Feedback Show to Record on January 8
Howdy, podcast listeners and blog readers! Six days from now, on January 8, Michial and Nathan will be recording the first .1 episode of 2013, and our sole…
Re-visiting Philip Roth: Goodbye, Columbus
First, let me begin by offering my gratitude to the folks that operate Christian Humanist. I’m flattered that they would entrust a portion of their web space to me and I hope…
The Need for Better Categories: An Essay on Hipster Christianity by Brett McCracken
Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide Brett McCracken 247 pp. Baker Books. $15.99. As is usually the case, I’m late to the game on this one. McCracken’s book caused…
Teaching Plato: Still the Best Gig I've Had
As with most things I’ve taught, I had no business teaching Greek philosophy when first I gave it a run. Sure, I had been a double-major in English and humanities…
What my Freshman Comp Students Teach me about Political Philosophy
Every fall, I teach the Honors Freshman Composition class at Emmanuel College, an opportunity that I do not take lightly. In the course of those fifteen weeks we learn together…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #93: Christmas Specials
General Introduction – Who’s done? Who’s not? – Working on our Night Cheese – No housekeeping Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol – A Gilmour Family Tradition – Slapstick comedy—deferred – Tortured…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #92: Christian Fiction
Well, I lost the show notes–but feel free to comment on this post anyway. (Just adding some…
Pleasantly Uneven: A Review of A New Evangelical Manifesto for SpeakEasy Bloggers
A New Evangelical Manifesto: A Kingdom Vision of the Common Good Edited by David P. Gushee 240 pp. Chalice Press. $24.99. I’ll go ahead and shoot straight here: when I…