Tag: utopian discourse
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Utopianism
Some people treat “utopian” as a term of abuse. Not me. I don’t go along with the foes of art who act like totalitarianism is just around the corner whenever someone starts pointing out that since we ourselves have made our worlds into hells then we could unmake them and remake them, kinder and better. […]
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Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
On this mountain YHWH Sabaoth will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations; he […]
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Beauty: A Reminder
Sharing this: “On Poetry and Prose: Defining the Undefinable,” a typically smart reflection on literature, writing and teaching by P.L. Thomas. [Yes, what if we stuck with the the project of “seeking a definition” of religion in a class on religion, “rather than imposing one”?] Mainly because: “This can happen anywhere.” Thank you for the […]
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A Criterion for Liberation?
Alexander J. McKelway. The Freedom of God and Human Liberation. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990. [An Installment of the “Read Me” Project.] This book sat on the “Read Me” Shelf for a long, long time. It’s a short book. But it’s one of those books that I started more than once, got part way through, […]
Matters of Interpretation 