Today’s colleges and universities have abandoned their most important task, en masse, says Anthony Kronman in his recent Boston Globe article. What are the prospects for getting back in the saddle? Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
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Posts Tagged ‘ Jerusalem and Athens ’
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem
My wife and I were in Jerusalem for a week in March. Below are some thoughts on the city, its religious heritage, and the current conflict. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Who’s accomodating whom?
Greg Call links to Dave’s Mormon Inquiry on whether Church accomodation has led to slower Church growth. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Cave used by John the Baptist?
Archeologists have excavated a cave some believe was used as a baptistry by John the Baptist. AP story is here. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Old Trope that we’re the New Jews
The Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology has circulated the following announcement: On tuesday Oct. 12 at USU Menachem Fisch from the University of Tel Aviv will be speaking on “Science, Judaism and the Religious Crisis of Modernity”. Fisch has written widely on 19th century philosophy, plus the acclaimed book Rational Rabbis: Science and Talmudic Culture. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
An Addendum
After I wrote my earlier post, I realized I should have been more precise about something. I know that all orthodox faiths place limits on philosophical reflection. For example, an orthodox Catholic is not free to speculate about whether God is Trinity or whether abortion is actually a virtue. But I was trying to point to a substantive difference between all other Christian sects and Mormons in this regard: the Mormon limitation seem to be more primary (or radical) in that it demands that believers resist fundamental tendencies of Western thought that go all the way back to the... Read more »
Mormon Shakespeare’s and Miltons
The mysterious Metaphysical Elders (not to be confused with these guys) also discuss the perennial favorite: why aren’t their more Mormon geniuses, if the gift of the Holy Ghost is really on us? See here, and here, and here. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Churches and the Erosive Intellect
First Things also has an entry on the declining fortunes of the American Rabbinate. (scroll down about 7/8ths or keep reading for the relevant excerpt). The entry has some relation, though imperfect, to our own Church and our own intellectual striving. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Brother Maxwell and Professor Marsden
I’ve just read a remark of Brother Maxwell’s to a group of scholars. He urged them to have a passport to Athens, and use it frequently, while keeping their citizenship solidly in Jerusalem. I take him to mean that our real lives of family, Church, and nation, or of bills, hometeaching, and taxes, are the true centers of our souls. Only in these limited confines can we forge a boundless soul. Still, I also take it that scholarship is a useful vocation or avocation for those of us who are so called. Whether we are really discovering profound truths... Read more »
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