Thursday, March 12th, 2009
I mentioned a month or two back that I've been reading _The Wreck of Western Culture_ by John Carroll. I didn't end up finishing this book (well I skimmed the last bit) because I lost what the point of it was and then it became very overdue from the library. ...
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Ironically, the Christmas period affords me little time for spiritual and theological reflection because I am usually busy trying to attend to various family and social commitments! But I have been reading and listening to theology. On the listening front, I'm still subscribed to the Philosopher's Zone on ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Reading _The Wreck of Western Culture_ by "John Carroll":http://www.latrobe.edu.au/socsci/staff/carroll/carroll.html
In the Preface, Carroll gives an overview of the humanist era as he will portray it in the book. He posits that the conflict between Luther and Erasmus is emblematic of the humanist era. The core of the struggle was ...
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