Hegel, Religion and Politics
on Nov 14, 2009 in Conferences Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel The Hegel Society of America has issued a call for conference papers that ‘investigate or problematize in new ways and in new connections the intersection of religion and politics in Hegel’s philosophy’. The deadline’s not unt...

Slavoj Žižek on capitalism, communism and anti-Communism in Post-Wall Eastern Europe
on Nov 12, 2009 in Slavoj Žižek The latest LRB includes a fascinating reflection on capitalism, communism and anti-Communism in Post-Wall Eastern Europe by Slavoj Žižek. It’s well worth reading the whole piece, but here’s the conclusion: … maybe post-Communist d...

3 feet under with no snorkel …
on Nov 11, 2009 in Blogging     The paucity of regular blogging is an indication that it has been one of those weeks. The next 2-3 aren’t looking much better I’m afraid, after which time our regular blogging service will continue … Lord willing. Sorr...

The Answer? Richard Bauckham
on Nov 10, 2009 in Jürgen Moltmann Richard Bauckham Thanks to all who participated in our latest Who Said It? competition here at Per Crucem ad Lucem. There were definately some intriguing suggestions. The correct answer, however, is Richard Bauckham, and the quote comes from his book Moltmann: Messia...

You are where you read
on Nov 8, 2009 in Reading ‘Too much internet usage fragments the brain and dissipates concentration so that after a while, one’s ability to spend long, focused hours immersed in a single subject becomes blunted. Information comes pre-digested in small pieces, one...

‘For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else’
on Nov 5, 2009 in Advent Blogging Journals Jürgen Moltmann Theology St John’s Nottingham are developing a very exciting project – Interactive Multimedia Timeline: Exploring Christian theology and intellectual history. Rick Floyd offers a good defence of blogging in response to Stefan McDaniel’s case aga...

Vincent van Gogh on clergy
on Nov 4, 2009 in Vincent van Gogh A few months ago, I happened across a most enjoyable wee read by Anton Wessels called Kind of Bible: Vincent Van Gogh as Evangelist. It was one of those wonderful finds that are ‘given’ to you when you’re eyes are scanning the library s...

zizek.us
on Nov 3, 2009 in Slavoj Žižek There’s a relatively new site dedicated to the work of Slavoj Žižek, the existence of which was only discovered by Žižek himself today. Recent posts include: Slavoj Zizek: The Monstrosity of Christ Slavoj Zizek on global crisis: First as Tr...

Who said it?
on Nov 3, 2009 in Theology Trinity Time again for another ‘Who said it?’ competition. From whose mouth/pen did the following words come: God’s trinitarian history for us makes him what he is for himself. There is no immanent Trinity supratemporally ‘behind’ God’s temporal,...

Resourcing Elders
on Nov 3, 2009 in Elders Presbyterianism It’s not unusual for me to be contacted about reading resources, and typically it’s not too difficult to recommend some appropriate text(s). Today, I was asked what resources there are for elders serving in the Presbyterian/Reformed tradi...