I have been–and will remain–relatively quiet about the presidential campaign. (I can muster enthusiasm for municipal politics, and perhaps even state politics, but remain completely cynical about federal politics.) However, my patience for leftish evangelical infatuation with Obama is spilling over a bit this morning (almost equal to my cynicism for an evangelical right that…
The Orwell Trust, administrators of the Orwell Prize, have created a blog publication of George Orwell’s diaries from 1938-1942. They describe the project: The Orwell Prize, Britain’s pre-eminent prize for political writing, is publishing George Orwell’s diaries as a blog. From 9th August 2008, Orwell’s domestic and political diaries (from 9th August 1938 until October…
The Social Science Research Council’s blog, The Immanent Frame, has become the arena for discussion of issues related to religion, civil society, and public life, with a particular focus on issues of (post)secularity. They are now hosting an ongoing conversation about evangelicals and evangelicalism, somewhat in light of the shifting political climate in this year…
A big part of my blog silence over this summer stems from the fact that I’ve been holed up, hermit-like, trying to finish my next book, Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview and Cultural Formation. Today I’m rewarding myself with a day off because, thanks be to God, it’s done! I submitted the manuscript to my…
The Azusa Remixed collaborative blog is now up-and-running with some interesting first posts dealing with global issues, Alister McGrath’s take on Pentecostalism, and postmodernism from a pastoral perspective. The blog will be a mix of popular and academic discourse, though all aimed at being thoughtful and reflective. I hope it will become a clearinghouse for…
In my freshman philosophy course, right after we read Augustine’s Confessions, we watch and dissect one of my favorite films of all time: American Beauty. Having read Augustine’s Confessions as a proto-existentialist text (I’ve tried to make this case here [Part I]and here [Part II]), we then read the film as Lester Burnham’s “Confessions” of…