Spiritual Sunday This past week, I attended a special Bible study session on the Good Samaritan parable where Sewanee’s Rev. Amy Lamborn emphasized just how radical God’s second great commandment is. Jesus tells the story in such a way, she pointed out, that call out his audiences prejudices. At a time when we are turning […]
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Is Loving Our Neighbor Asking Too Much?
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Dryden Had Trump’s Number
Dryden’s “Absolom and Architophel” describes unscrupulous politicians that we would find familiar today.
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How To Find a Paradise Within, Happier Far
Milton would have called those white evangelicals promoting Trumpism “grievous wolves.”
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Gawain, Trump and Shame
Trump and Sir Gawain respond in opposite ways to shame: Trump counterattacks by acting shamelessly while Gawain lets it tie him into knots.
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“Julius Caesar” Is Only Too Relevant
“Julius Caesar” has been showing up in the news recently, and for good reason. New York leads off with the play this summer in “Shakespeare in the Park” (the political parallels are overwhelming) and there is an “Ides of Trump” postcard writing campaign scheduled for March 15.
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Lit, a Heroic Bulwark against Trumpism
Author George Saunders sees literature playing a vital role in opposing Trumpism. He has also written a very comic poem about the president.
The World’s One Hope: Compassion
Bertolt Brecht’s “”The World One Hope” addresses the problem of growing callousness but then points to how we can break through to compassion.
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Why We Fear Clowns
The recent outbreak of criminal clowns can be explained by combining Freud’s essay on the uncanny and Stephen King’s IT.
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