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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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Teaser Tuesday: Heroes and villains
Today’s tease comes from The Romance of Religion by Dwight Longenecker. Reviews/comments for it, The Reactionary Mind, and Blood of Honour to come this week.. The truly romantic warrior sees the evil in the world and wants to fight it, … Continue reading
March 2022 in review
March started strong and abruptly crashed, as I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump the last week — dragging through two e-books, making steady progress on Cancer Ward, and distracting myself by working in the garden or enjoying … Continue reading
Sohrab Ahmari and the Unbroken Thread
Sohrab Ahmari fled Iran for the West, rejoicing in its freedoms alongside his wife, a Chinese national who had also found relief from the relentless tyranny of her own country. As they formed a family and looked to the future, … Continue reading
Selections from The Unbroken Thread
“The great benefit to be derived from reading pre-modern authors is to come to realise that after all we [moderns] might have been mistaken.” – C.F.J. Martin [C.S. Lewis] argued that instinct, science’s go-to answer to our central question, just … Continue reading
Hiking grandmas, irreligious hombres, and unjacking from the Matrix
As an avid hiker I couldn’t help but be hooked by the story of Emma Gatewood, who in 1955 became the first woman to through-hike the Appalachian Trail. She did so with a minimum of preparation, without much of the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Christianity, mindfulness, Of Boys and Men, outdoors, religion, Technology and Society, women
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Selections from Jesus, Son of Man
Earlier I posted comments for Kahlil Gibran’s moving Jesus, Son of Man, and now share some quotations from it. Then He looked at me, and the noontide of His eyes was upon me, and He said, “You have many lovers, … Continue reading
An Antidote to Chaos
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos © 2018 Jordan Peterson 402 pages Life is pain. We can surrender to it — or we can make it meaningful. Clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson here offers a prescription to those facing … Continue reading
Tornadoes, the stars, and eternity
I aim to minimize the amount of un-commented-on books in 2020, so here follows some housekeeping! Back in February, I read Braving the Elements: The Stormy History of American Weather. It opened with the importance of climate to the various … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science
Tagged Astronomy, C.S.Lewis, Christian literature, religion, science, weather
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