Friday, November 11, 2016

"Esther is a biblical text that purposely sets all talk of God aside so that we may think clearly about the proper place of political initiative and action in relation to God's larger purposes".

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"the more fully Esther inhabits her capacity as an independent political agent capable of influencing human affairs, the more fully God...

"Every language is an old growth forest of the mind, a watershed of thought, an entire ecosystem of spiritual possibilities."

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      Wade Davis, in Alex Chadwick, "An interview with anthropologist Wade Davis," On the edge of Timbuktu,  Radio Expeditions, Na...

Budziszewski on Social justice

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     "It is a trifle for the upper strata to promote sexual liberation; those who have money can shield themselves (to a degree, and fo...

Schulman on Marilynne Robinson

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     "Why is it that the most graceful writer of our day, who offers such a beautiful defense of charity and intellectual humility in h...

The more of God, the more of me

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"the language of the instrumentum signifies no limitation of human flourishing or freedom ( liberum arbitrium ), but rather the action...

"'to die well' is to locate what is good somewhere outside of our control"

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     Ephraim Radner, "Whistling past the grave," First things no. 267 (November 2016):  43 (39-44).
Sunday, November 6, 2016

Lord willing

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"The epistemological sloppiness that, in Western culture, characterizes references to experience before the Scientific Revolution is no...