The Crisis of American Religious PluralismKenneth L. Grasso, Modern AgeDo You Even Want to Win the Culture War?James Chastek, Just ThomismSaving the Art of ConversationMegan Garber, AtlanticIs “Write” Wrong?: A Discussion of Iconology LingoMary Lowell, Orthodox Arts JournalPeter Geach, . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fulfilled an oft-repeated wish to visit Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine while in office. In Shinto belief, the shrine houses the souls of millions who died in the service of the Japanese Empire. Abe has expressed regret that he did not visit the shrine during . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been trying to understand why Genesis speaks of the woman’s desire for her husband only after the first disobedience. This requires an understanding of the justice of God in the sequence of three speeches addressed to the serpent, the woman and the man (in that order) in Gen. 3:14-19. I’m . . . . Continue Reading »
The latest issue of Participatio takes up the relation of the work of the Scottish theologian T. F. Torrance and Orthodoxy. The very rich (and thick) volume includes a biographical essay, a personal memoir by one of Torrance’s students, now an Orthodox priest; nine substantial papers on . . . . Continue Reading »
So I did everything I could to make our pope’s teaching a challenge to BIG THINK readers. It goes without saying that what I said goes without saying he should have said too. The church should function as a relational, personal counterweight to both individualism and . . . . Continue Reading »
I ask this of YOU because I can never remember what was best. I got a couple of requests to list the best books of 2013. I failed to think of anything all that good. On movies, I’m sticking with MUD. More soon, but give me some PROMPTS.It was a FESTIVUS MIRACLE . . . . Continue Reading »
Eight stories of religion in public life, three of them sad:On the suffering of Christians in Egypt, Silent Night, from Foreign Policy.On Pentecostalism in Malawi, Angels and Demons, also from Foreign Policy.On Charismatics in England, Pentecostalism Invades Lambeth Palace, from Peter . . . . Continue Reading »
In the story of Genesis, why do we hear of the woman’s desire for her husband only after the first disobedience? The answer must lie in the interlocking meaning of all three speeches in Genesis 3:14-19, where God speaks in sequence to the serpent, the woman and the man.The common thread of . . . . Continue Reading »
You’ve heard about the Summer of Love, right? San Francisco, 1967. But have you heard about the Summer of Praise? We’re talking Orange County now, 1968.…an exciting, spontaneous musical movement was beginning to emerge within the communal Jesus houses in Costa Mesa, Huntington . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m still away from home and still having my linking issues, so here is the link for a Wall Street Journal article on attempts by the Republican establishment to strengthen its position within the party. Read it and come back to me. I’ll wait. . . . . Continue Reading »
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