Reimaging Xianity in the wake of Modernism's passing
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The Problem of the Subaltern
May 4th
In religious studies, especially in post-colonial religious studies, we often talk about the Subaltern. The term was coined by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in her article "Can the Subaltern Speak?"[1] In the article, she suggests that the oppressed can never truly be heard.
When you think you hear them, their message, their voice, their humanity, has [...]
The Future of Comics
Apr 29th
From Ars’ review of the iPad:
Steinberger [who runs Comixology, the company behind the tech that powers both the Marvel app and Comixology's own app, called Comics.] doesn’t seem worried about Apple selling comics through the iBook store, either. "Comics are a particular medium. If you’ve ever tried to read one on the Kindle you’ll understand. [...]
So I can Love them Better – Relationship is the Best Apologetic
Apr 21st
My friend T’tocs is over in [not Brazil] ministering to college students. Here is a recent convo we had via text. I left the text-speak in there on purpose.
T’tocs : Nice. Don’t tell me abt tonight’s episode until i confirm i’ve seen it.Abt 2 go meet w 2 girls who want to show me the [...]
Notes on Terrorism
Apr 11th
Right now I am doing some research on terrorism and Islam for my Lived Religions class. I really am ignorant of the scholarship. I always start with the Said videos. Right now I am going through some journal articles on terrorism. Here are my current sources and notes:
Incomplete and Unsurveyed Bibliography:
Andriolo, Karin. “Murder by Suicide: [...]
On the Essence of Christianity
Apr 9th
These wise words can guide us from the depths of hubris up into the oceans of humility and finally into the active land of creatively morphing our faith forward:
Immersion in the literature of the 5th and 6th centuries has slowly eroded any lingering conviction that I had that throughout these centuries Christianity stood for [...]
Do we have a duty to die?
Mar 7th
Even more so than sex, Death in the West is taboo.
We don’t talk about death.
We don’t discuss death.
We have convinced ourselves that we must stay alive at all costs.
(no matter the quality of life or thought to the effects upon others)
Death disjoints us. Scares us. Kills us.
Should it?
In a very humble and [...]
Allying or Appropriating?
Feb 25th
Over at Racialicious, Thea Lim asks "How do you know when a story is allying, versus appropriating?"
In other words, if someone of privilege writes a story about the political oppression of a group they do not belong to, what is the difference between:
a) a story that brings marginalised voices to a wider platform and advocates [...]
Rand on Cartesian Duality
Feb 19th
In a couple of tweets, I wondered about Rand and her assumption of Cartesian duality of mind/body (and everything else):
The the Galt speech, Rand is constantly linking things to the mind. Body, property, etc. Very interesting. [link]
In a way, Rand assumes Cartesian duality but argues against it, and I am not sure she realizes it [...]
How Bizarre!
Feb 18th
“"Odd that a mercenary like Conan would accept less in payment than he could get," the new satrap commented. "I offered him a chest full of gold-enough to support him for life. But he would take only one small sack, together with the horse he found on the battlefield and his pick of arms and [...]
Hands To Break
Feb 17th
“The life of man is not the life of Yag, nor is human death the death of Yag. Let me be free of this cage of broken, blind flesh, and I will once more be Yogah of Yag, morning-crowned and shining, with wings to fly, and feet to dance, and eyes to see, and hands [...]
Thinking Out Loud
Jan 29th
@hundiejo test #
We've made it to the Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock. #
Star Trek 5 is THE standard against which badness is measured" – Raj #
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Forced Christological Allusions are a Good Thing!*
Jan 26th
A few days go I tweeted while reading a short story by Robert E. Howard, The Elephant Tower. (And, for those of you who think I am using short story as a euphemism for comic book,I am going back and reading the short stories upon which the Conan comics were based.) Here’s my tweet:
One day [...]
Thinking Out Loud
Jan 25th
One day Jesus shall enter the rear of our chaimber set his eyes upon sin and say, "Yara, awaken!" #
Context for Yara, Awaken :: http://bit.ly/7Jox1a #
I really wish "Legacy of the Spirits" was online somewhere! #
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Yara, Awaken!
Jan 23rd
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The life of man is not the life of Yag, nor is human death the death of Yag. Let me be free of this cage of broken, blind flesh, and I will once more be Yogah of Yag, morning-crowned and shining, with wings to fly, and feet to dance, and eyes to see, and [...]
Thinking Out Loud
Jan 23rd
New Post :: Of Wind, Jesus, and Control… oh and Natural Disasters too :: http://bit.ly/5Lfyut #
The Answer to the Problem of Evil is often Work. #
The PomoXian must heal the body & soul torn asunder by the Enlightenment Project and insert that person back into its social context. #
Every Xian theologian must read Grenz's A [...]
Discussion Questions, and an Argument Exercise: Self and Selfishness
Jan 22nd
Because I use this space to think about what I am teaching, among other things, I am going to post the discussion questions I ask my students and the writing exercises I assign them each Friday. My class is intro to philosophy and my students are freshmen from a rural background.[1]
Discussion Questions:
1) What is [...]
Of Wind, Jesus, and Control… oh and Natural Disasters too
Jan 22nd
Kevin Jackson discusses a better Christian description of why disaster struck in Haiti and critiques the likes of Piper and Robertson and their erroneous appeal to divine sanction in explaining disasters which hit the Other. I encourage you to give it a read :: Haiti – Why do Disasters Happen?
If Piper’s church was destroyed by [...]
Thinking Out Loud
Jan 22nd
Great Resource for Running a Writing Workshop :: http://bit.ly/5d80DZ #
On the issue of "controlling verses" http://bit.ly/5fa3vl #
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Moses and the Lamb
Mar 1st
Posted by Henry Imler in Texts
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“The Song of Moses has become in Revelation the Song of the Lamb, the "new song." Both songs praise God’s redemptive activity in the deliverance and liberation of the people of God.” [1]
Notes:
Revelation: Vision of a Just World (Proclamation Commentaries) (Elisabeth, Schussler Fiorenza) – Highlight Loc. 1433-34 [↩]Scridb filter