I just received copies of the new Korean translation of Introducing Radical Orthodoxy: Mapping a Post-Secular Theology, first published in 2004. It is available from CLC Korea. The Korean cover basically reproduces the cover design of the first English edition. However, subsequent print editions of the English book have a slightly different cover since the…
This ain’t your Grandma’s universalism (if your Grandma was, say, a Unitarian). The (relatively) old universalism was a liberal universalism of “many-roads-to-God-who-is-a-big-cuddly-Grandpa” (or, more recently, Grandma). Such a universalism was generally embarrassed by Christian particularity and any claims to the divinity of Christ. Instead, Jesus was a kindly teacher like so many others pointing us…
The irreverent musical, The Book of Mormon, is getting rave reviews from all quarters–well, all quarters of secular elites (I read the first review, in the New York Times, on the day that I was speaking at Brigham Young University!). The gist of the South-Park-ish critique is not a scorched-earth approach (it’s not a script…
I worry that all the hoopla of David Foster Wallace, Inc. is going to overwhelm serious discussion of his work, generating a backlash against the media-constructed image of DFW as the saintly martyr for the cause of “the novel.” One of the worst outcomes of such a juvenile, anti-trend backlash would be the dismissal of…
Another little treasure in my inbox today, thanks to Knopf’s “Poem-a-Day” for April. Includes just a whiff of allusion to Oscar Wilde’s complex interplay of aestheticism and the soul-burrowing introspection of De Profundis–along with a concluding shout-out to Grand Rapids’ heritage as “furniture city.” The Candid Decorator By James Merril I thought I would do…
A lot of my friends love to hate golf–with all its bourgeois trappings and conservative leanings, its generally patrician vibe. And they sure can’t understand how someone could watch golf. I’m guilty on all counts, but won’t undertake any apologetics here. As a bit of testimony, let me just say this: golf is the only…