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I And Thou
I And Thou | Book Review Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough. “I and Thou” by Martin Buber is of course a religious classic. It is still widely available today. For those who might wish to make more serious study of the book, I include page references below. Martin Buber considered that he received this book as […]
Boreham on The Power of One Person
Boreham on The Power of One Person: Back in the 1930s F. W. Boreham, the noted Australian editorialist had the insight to see that the fate of peoples had been decided not so much by the outcome of wars as by the influence of strategic personalities. Creasy might write of the world Decisive Battles, but […]
The Unexamined Life
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates, in Plato “Dialogues, Apology” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Socrates spoke these words to the jury in the court of Athens in the year 399 BCE (before the common era) after he had been found guilty of heresy and sedition. Heresy, a crime that threatened the established religion, and sedition, that […]
Upon This Stone
Sightings 10/12/06 Upon This Stone — Jerome Joseph Gentes In the recent film World Trade Center, Officer William Jimeno, trapped beneath the rubble of the collapsed tower, has a vision of Christ. He describes the vision, one that a Catholic in extremis might understandably have, to his commanding officer, Sergeant John McLoughlin, who also lies […]
The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals
(Interesting list! Rowland, October 12, 2006) http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/october/23.51.html
Handling Toxic Emotions
Peter J Frost. Toxic Emotions at Work: How Compassionate Managers Handle Pain and Conflict. Boston, Mass: Harvard Business School, 2003. Peter Frost suggests that emotional pain is unavoidable at work, but how organisations respond to pain is critical. He explores how organisations and people handle emotional pain, how it affects performance, and what can be […]
Homosexuality and Church Conflicts (more)
Homosexuality and Church Conflicts This is one of the best resources I’ve seen for exploring this issue in groups. It’s called Bridges Across the Divide and it attempts to be just that: acknowledging in helpful ways the enormous amount of passion and emotion that surrounds it, for those from all ends of the spectrum here […]
Books on Evil
Two netfriends’ suggestions: 1. Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence, (Princeton University Press, 1994) by Jon D. Levenson is a truly thought-provoking work. 2. Top picks aside from N T Wright on evil for philosophy of religion are Kenneth Surin, Theology and the Problem of Evil. (Blackwell) Terrence Tilley, […]
Emotions
From a philosopher/architect: ‘There’s a fear that if you talk about concepts like beauty you’ll sound like an idiot…. If you do a literature course at an Australian university, the one thing no ever says is that a book might make you cry.’
You May Be Mistaken
‘I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ: think it possible that you may be mistaken.’ Oliver Cromwell
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