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Category Archives: Religion and Philosophy
Short rounds: human scale and bad religion
This week I’ve been finishing two works of nonfiction: Kirkpatrick Sale’s Human Scale Revisited and Ross Douhat’s Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics. Human Scale Revisited is, as its title implies, an update to Sale’s original Human … Continue reading
Posted in General, Politics and Civic Interest, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged anarchism, Christianity, Kirkpatrick Sale, localism, religion
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In Search of Zarathustra
Today is the Feast of the Epiphany, in which Christians celebrate the arrival of the Magi to Bethlehem. It is fitting, then, on this day about wise men of the east following stars, to take a look at at a … Continue reading
Posted in history, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Judaism, Middle East, Persia-Iran, religion, travel
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Short rounds: C.S. Lewis and the anthropology of sanitation workers
First up, C.S. Lewis’ The Pilgrim’s Regress. Lewis dashed this off immediately after converting to Christianity in 1933, and it’s a fictional and fantastical rendering of his own journey throughout the twenties as he fell away from his childhood faith, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged CS Lewis, fantasy, on the job, Politics-CivicInterest, religion, waste
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The Jewish Annotated New Testament
(Yes, this book is why I’ve been so quiet the last two weeks.) The relationship between Christianity and Judaism has fascinated me ever since I bolted from the Pentecostalism in which I was raised, and began rebuilding my worldview from … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, General, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged Amy-Jill Levine, Bible, Christianity, classical world, Judaism, religion
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Purgatorio
Purgatorio© 14th century Dante Alighieri, translated 2004 by Anthony Esolen544 pages, including appendices and notes Seven years ago I descended into hell with Dante and his guide, Virgil, and after that arduous descent into a valley of desolation and … Continue reading
The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
© 2005, 2019 General Press Publishers183 pages The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi is a book better judged by its cover than its title, for the title makes it sound like a collection of jokes and sage observations from a … Continue reading
Posted in quotations, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged civil disobedience, Gandhi, India, philosophy, Politics-CivicInterest, quotations, religion
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Paul Among the People
Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in his Own Time© 2010 Sarah Ruden240 pages Although liberal Quaker Sarah Ruden had heard criticisms of Paul all her life, after becoming familiar with the culture of the Greco-Roman world … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged Bible, Christianity, classical world, early Christian church, Greece, NT Studies, religion, Rome
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The Joyful Christian
The Joyful Christian: 127 Readings© 1977 256 pages Let’s say you’ve never read any of C.S. Lewis’ nonfiction, but you’ve heard his name constantly and are curious. Published fourteen years after Lewis’ death, The Joyful Christian collects excerpts from his … Continue reading
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