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Cosmic Consciousness
I’m reading a review of Bucke’s ‘Cosmic Consciousness’ and came across this: ‘In a time of cosmic consciousness religion would not exist, as there would be no need to profess belief or unbelief – everyone would have first-hand awareness of God and the perfect spiritual spiritual nature of the universe. The difference between that world […]
Hermeneutics and phenomenology in research
‘Hermeneutics and phenomenology in research’ Colin Hunter This paper forms the basis of a lecture delivered at the Melbourne College of Divinity 2004 Residential School which had the theme ‘Harvesting Wisdom For Reflective Practice’. It may be viewed at: http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/chunter/web/phenom.html Qualitative methods of research are based on the premise that, when it comes to understanding […]
Creative art and the art of supervision
One small step: creative art and the art of supervision Colin J. Hunter This paper forms the basis of a lecture delivered at the Melbourne College of Divinity 2004 Residential School which had the theme ‘Harvesting Wisdom For Reflective Practice’. It may be viewed at: http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/chunter/web/creativeart.html Preamble Art has always held a certain mystique, even […]
Erotic Art
From a friend: Some of the most erotic paintings have been with clad females images while naked female images have been amongst the most holy of paintings (like the Sistine Chapel). A couple of links with easy explanations and paintings. Nudity and Eroticism in Art http://www.students.sbc.edu/albanis03/psensem.htm Sexuality in Art http://www.vergemag.com/0201/features/feat1.html
The New Reformation of You
Sightings 3/24/05 — Peder Jothen Following the recent courtroom shootings and hostage taking in Atlanta, Georgia, headlines such as “Hostage Says Book Gave Her ‘Purpose’” (Baltimore Sun, March 15, 2005) trumpeted the role that Rick Warren’s book The Purpose Driven Life played in ending the hostage situation. Published in 2002, The Purpose Driven Life has […]
Once Upon a Time (Why We Tell Stories)
Once Upon a Time Reviewed by Denis Dutton Sunday, May 8, 2005; BW08 THE SEVEN BASIC PLOTS Why We Tell Stories By Christopher Booker. Continuum. 728 pp. $34.95 In the summer of 1975, moviegoers flocked to see the story of a predatory shark terrorizing a little Long Island resort. The film told of how three […]
Herberg’s Relevance
Sightings 5/9/05 Herberg’s Relevance — Martin E. Marty Talk about irrelevance: Think of Will Herberg’s Protestant-Catholic-Jew when it was published exactly fifty years ago. Talk about relevance: Think of the same book in its golden jubilee year (there will be celebration publications). In the foreword to a 1983 reprint, I called it a classic, and […]
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
An Utterly Shocking Expose of U.S. Foreign Policy You Can’t Afford Not To Read This Book! By Kendra Pearsall, N.M.D. From the introduction of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: “Economic Hit Men are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. They funnel World Bank, US government, and […]
Life Abundant By Sallie Mcfague
DISCUSSING “LIFE ABUNDANT” Notes for the Mission Studies Network book discussion, 14 April 2005 Ross Langmead Sallie McFague. Life abundant: Rethinking theology and economy for a planet in peril. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001. This book is ‘theology meets ecological economics’. Sallie McFague outlines a sustainable vision of the good life. She quotes Dorothy Day’s words: “I […]
God and the Spiritual Classics
I find the sort of discussion about the essence of God (as in the early Chuch councils) to be quite boring and irrelevant to the second millenium now that we understand so much more about the nature of human being. And to my mind, being and existence are the same thing. I exist, and so […]
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