To his army of ardent followers, Tom Holland has a unique ability to bring antiquity alive. An award-winning British historian, biographer and … The shadow of Pax Romana
The Question of a Weltanschauung (Worldview) by Sigmund Freud (1932) — Books and Boots
https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2023/07/07/the-question-of-a-weltanschauung-sigmund-freud/ This is the last in Books and Boots' series on Sigmund Freud, where Freud presents one of his most wide-ranging polemics against Christianity. Reviewing that polemic leads the author to find Freud wanting in his critique, to say the last. Although he gives his own reasons, I have a different take on why Freud's …
Future of an Illusion and other writings on religion by Sigmund Freud — Books & Boots
https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2023/07/05/future-of-an-illusion-and-other-writings-on-religion-sigmund-freud/ Another (maybe the last) in this series. It shows that, even for people sympathetic with Freud's project, his atheism doesn't have as strong of a case as he--or those who continue to make that case--thought it did. Includes a summary of a dialogue with Oskar Pfister, a Swiss pastor's son who made a case …
Prayer Walking — Northern Plains Anglican
Break the Church? What Choice Did We Have?
Daniel Martins' long piece on the road from GC 2003 until the formation of the ACNA--and beyond--ends in this way: A priest I know wrote many years ago (and I paraphrase here), “There are two cardinal rules: You don’t change the faith, and you don’t break the church.” The Episcopal Church, in redefining marriage, has …
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Free to Do Otherwise [Commentary on Browne: Article X] — The North American Anglican
https://northamanglican.com/free-to-do-otherwise-commentary-on-browne-article-x/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-to-do-otherwise-commentary-on-browne-article-x Long-time followers of this site know that this is a very serious issue with me. As I explained in my post/video Liturgy, Pentecost, Wesley and the Book of Common Prayer, Part I: What is a Liturgy?, I do not believe that Anglicanism--and by extension those churches founded on Wesleyan theology, such as Holiness and Pentecostal …
The Question of Lay Analysis by Sigmund Freud (1926) — Books & Boots
https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2023/06/28/the-question-of-lay-analysis-sigmund-freud/ This is probably as good of a summary of Freudianism as I have found. What we would probably call today "Cultural Freudianism" was the most powerful force driving American thought (such as it was) in the 1960's and early 1970's. I also think it has ruined our culture by turning life into a hypersexualised …
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This Ends Here — Northern Plains Anglican
Eat, Pray, Get Cancelled — Unherd
This week has brought mixed news for beleaguered Ukrainians. Their army’s counteroffensive is taking a heavy toll on its own troops; there have been … Eat, Pray, Get Cancelled
Giving Rick Warren the Final Boot
And they did: Nobody expected Rick Warren’s appeal to be successful—not even Rick Warren. But he still stood up in front of 13,000 Southern Baptists gathered in New Orleans to make his case. “No one is asking any Southern Baptist to change their theology! I’m not asking you to agree with my church,” he insisted, …
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