Archive for August, 2008

The Philosopher’s Zone

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Since I'm enjoying studying philosophy so much, I've tuned into the podcast of Radio National's "Philosopher's Zone":http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/. I've been surprised by philosophy because I thought it would be highly abstract (which it can be) but didn't realise how much it has to do with just being a person and ...

Lambeth

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

The Religion Report ran a "Lambeth Post-mortem":http://www.abc.net.au/rn/religionreport/stories/2008/2333504.htm this week to pick over the outcomes (or lack thereof) from lambeth. The discussion turned to the meaning of Lambeth and the nature of the Anglican Communion. So "Lambeth":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambeth_Conferences is a conference held by the bishops of the Anglican Communion every ten years ...

Blogging Issues

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

I had intended to blog more about the philosophy I'm studying which has been very thought provoking and all that but I have the problem that part of the assessment for this course is that I must hand in 500 word reflections on some of the set readings which is ...