Saturday, June 29, 2013
After "The End of Our Exploring," a Reaction and Summary
I must not be up on my Christian blogosphere knowledge, because up until a month ago, I had no idea who Matthew Lee Anderson was. But then a link or retweet of some sort sent me to his Mere Orthodoxy blog, and next thing I knew, I was plowing through the Kindle version of his just-released book on a Saturday.
I have subsequently realized that Anderson was also the author of a "contrarian's-take-on-a-popular-evangelical-trend" piece for Christianity Today in March titled "Here Come the Radicals." My dad printed me off a copy to read, which may have been a not-so-subtle suggestion that he thought I needed to read it. Not sure on that score.
Anyway, onto the book at hand. Below are my thoughts and reflections on Anderson's work.
I have subsequently realized that Anderson was also the author of a "contrarian's-take-on-a-popular-evangelical-trend" piece for Christianity Today in March titled "Here Come the Radicals." My dad printed me off a copy to read, which may have been a not-so-subtle suggestion that he thought I needed to read it. Not sure on that score.
Anyway, onto the book at hand. Below are my thoughts and reflections on Anderson's work.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Looking Backward: Reliving the 1990 NBA Draft
There are only two types of NBA Drafts one should watch: one is the live-and-in-real-time draft, held every June. The other type is the one in which all drafted players have ended their careers, and an assessment of their legacy can be envisioned as you watch the younger version of the NBA retiree march awkwardly up to shake David Stern’s hand. Watching a draft from five years ago is an exercise in inanity. Watching a draft from twenty years ago is an existential reflection on youth and innocence and society, a historical document in living color. You may not believe me. Thankfully, NBA TV exists, and they broadcast old drafts. I decided to jot a few notes down while watching the 1990 NBA Draft to illustrate my point
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Niebuhr's "Children of Light," a Summary and Reflection
You may not know Reinhold
Niebuhr, but you know Reinhold Niebuhr. At least you do if
you've ever read that "man's capacity for justice makes
democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy
necessary," or recited the prayer "God, grant me the serenity to
accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and
the wisdom to know the difference.”
Gary Dorrien, professor at
Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University, has called him "the
most important thinker of the past century concerning the relation of
Christianity to problems of social ethics and politics." Time went
even further, eulogizing him as the "greatest Protestant theologian since
Jonathan Edwards." His career as a pastor, theologian, professor, author,
and social commentator left an indelible imprint on intellectual life in the
20th-century United States.
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