In an era where “intellectual property” (an oxymoron if I ever heard one) is a large issue due to the unprecedented ease with which information can be shared online, I found the following quote from Wendell Berry to be fantastic in contrasting an economy of ownership with an economy of gift:
I do have an interest in […]
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Terry Eagleton’s 2008 Terry Lectures at Yale University have been transcribed into a new book entitled Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate. It’s the first rebuttal to Dawkins and Hitchens (whom Eagleton reduces to the solitary signifier “Ditchkins”) that isn’t relegated to the Christian ghetto, but appears to be gaining traction outside […]
Here’s a great passage from Shane Hipps’ Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith that talks about the usually unnoticed drawbacks of our increasingly virtual relationships:
The Internet has a natural bias toward exhibitionism and thus the erosion of real intimacy. There is nothing exclusive about it, yet it creates, paradoxically, a kind of illusion of of intimacy with […]
I just finished reading Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion. On the whole, it wasn’t as bad as some responses have made it out to be, which is hardly surprising given the topic that he tackles. Much of the book was a disturbing tour through the dark side of religion, one that should disturb any religious […]
Baker Academic’s The Church and Postmodern Culture series will have a new entry in August by Carl Raschke called GloboChrist: The Great Commission Takes a Postmodern Turn. The series’ blog has a new post by Raschke to whet our appetities. Here’s a quote that shows that Raschke is doing some interesting thinking about globalization:
In a day-to-day […]
Memes never cease to find their way around the blogosphere, and they sometimes even land in my lap. Kathy tagged me with the 123 book meme, which quite simply means that I should:
Pick up the book nearest you. Find page 123. Find the first five sentences. Post the next 3 sentences.Tag five people.
I have a distinct unique […]
