Troubling Prohibitions: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 27 February 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 February 2011 (Eighth Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 49:8-16a •Psalm 131 •1 Corinthians 4:1-5 •Matthew 6:24-34 I did not start reading the Bible…
Summa Linkologica
Stan Hauerwas on why Church is more truthful than “community” and other tidbits (HT Jeff Wright) Robert Woods recounts Russell Kirk’s defense of Giovanni Pico de Mirandola (how’s that for…
Shades of Thou: A KJV Postscript
In our last podcast, we lingered a bit on the aesthetic quality of the King James Version’s archaic language. There was one point I forgot to mention, though: namely, the…
Deconstructing "The Real World"
No, I have no plans to write anything at all about any MTV shows that may or may not still be on that network. (Having been without cable for nearly…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #40: The King James Version
General Introduction – Do suits make you smarter? – Pardon Michial’s head cold – A plug for the CWC The History of the King James Version – And the Bibles…
Fellowship of the Link
Rita Koganzon critiques the latest developmental category, “emerging adulthood.” Stanley Fish laments the apparent demise of the humanities in Obama’s State of the Union speech. James Ryerson ponders (and narrates)…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #39: Town and Country
General Introduction – New segment: Michial Farmer’s world of women’s fashion – Thanks for not writing in – Why Nathan is the left-leaner amongst us – What’s on the blog?…
Murder, Adultery, and Swearing: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 13 February 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 February 2011 (Sixth Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Deuteronomy 30:15-20 or Sirach 15:15-20 • Psalm 119:1-8 • 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 • Matthew 5:21-37 I…
Loose Lips Link Ships
Fred Sanders urges Christians to read Friedrich Nietzsche. In a Grubbsian moment, John Stackhouse makes a case for classical apologetics. Christianity Today interviews Billy Graham, who wishes he hadn’t been…
Book Review: The Marketplace of Ideas
The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University By Louis Menand. 174 pp. W.W. Norton. $14.95 (paperback) I missed The Marketplace of Ideas when it was first…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #38: Nationalism
We hope you enjoy our fight in the final segment! General Introduction – Nathan Gilmour does it all – Where’s Grubbsy this week? – Is there a difference between Iowa…
A Metaphor Incarnated: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 6 February 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 February 2011 (5th Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12) • Psalm 112:1-9 (10) • 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) • Matthew 5:13-20 I’ll…
Link, Link, Nudge, Nudge
David Brooks presents a case for disagreeing and meaning it without calling one’s interlocutors ugly names. Walter Brueggemann calls for more emphasis on public Scripture-reading on Sunday mornings. Some praise…
The Blind Men and the Elephant, Revisited
My pilgrim soul once undertook A journey of the mind To Hindustan, the mythic East The truth of things to find. Of blind men once a rhyme I’d heard Whose…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #37: The Italian Renaissance
Season four begins with a bang! General Introduction – Welcome to Season 4 – David remains transient – Michial and his dissertation – That .01 episode from December – What’s…