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Is It Time to Retire the Word “Superstition?”

Is It Time to Retire the Word “Superstition?” *Note: If you choose to comment, make sure your comment is relatively brief (no more than 100 words), on topic and addressed to me, civil and respectful (not hostile or argumentative), and devoid of links or photos.* Recently here I wrote about large, special displays of books […]

Thank You for Your Patience as I Pause …

Thank You for Your Patience as I Pause … I have tried to find a quiet time to read Hart, Chapter 3 “That Judgment Whereby You Judge: Beauty and Discernment,” but life has gotten in the way. I will resume reading and reviewing the chapters as soon as possible. Retirement usually means old and old […]

Why “Orthodox” Rather than “Conservative?”

Why “Orthodox” Rather than “Conservative” Note: If you post a comment here, make sure it is relatively brief (no more than 100 words), on topic, addressed to me, civil and respectful (not hostile or argumentative), and devoid of links or photos. Recently here I stated that I am neither conservative nor non-conservative theologically. (The headline […]

Thoughts about “You Are Gods” Chapter Two “The Treasure of Delight”

Thoughts about “You Are Gods” Chapter Two “The Treasure of Delight” *Note: If you choose to post a comment here, make sure it is relatively brief (no more than 100 words), on topic, civil and respectful (not hostile or argumentative), and devoid of links or photos.* Here are my thoughts about Chapter Two, “The Treasure […]

Why I Prefer “Orthodox” to “Conservative”

Why I prefer “Orthodox” to “Conservative” *Note: If you choose to submit a comment here, please make sure it is relatively brief (no more than 100 words), civil and respectful (not hostile or argumentative), and devoid of links or photos.* Here I am talking ONLY about theology and ways of describing theologies. A recent review […]

“Waking the Gods” Thoughts about Chapter One of “You Are Gods”

“Waking the Gods” Thoughts about Chapter One of “You Are Gods” by David Bentley Hart *Note: If you choose to comment, be sure your comment is relatively brief (no more than 100 words), on topic, civil and respectful (not hostile or argumentative), and devoid of links or photos.* I have already begun responding to David […]

Thoughts about Hart’s “You Are Gods”

Thoughts about David Bentley Hart’s “Introduction” to “You Are Gods” Hart, an Eastern Orthodox Christian and general Christian intellectual, here advances a stringent critique of the whole Western Christian tradition of separating nature and grace, the natural from the supernatural. He complains that the old “two-tier system” of nature and grace of neo-Thomism is making […]

Why I Will Never Become Eastern Orthodox

Why I Will Never Become Eastern Orthodox *Note: If you choose to comment, make sure your comment is relatively brief (no more than 100 words), on topic, civil and respectful (not hostile or argumentative), and devoid of photos or links.* I admit that I am attracted to Eastern Orthodox theology. As I explained here before, […]

How Many Basic Christianities Are There?

How Many Basic Christianities Are There? *Note: If you choose to comment here, make sure your comment is relatively brief (no more than 100 words), on topic, civil and respectful in language (not hostile or argumentative), and includes no links or photos.* To clear away predictable objections, I will say “up front” that I know […]

How to Read a Challenging Book

How to Read a Challenging Book *Note: If you submit a comment, make sure it is relatively brief (no more than 100 words), on topic, civil and respectful in language (not argumentative or hostile), and does not include any links or photos.* By “a challenging book” here I mean something LIKE David Bentley Hart’s recently […]