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The Straussian Moment
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I want to supplement Willard’s emphasis on the individual practice of the spiritual disciplines with what might be a counterintuitive thesis in our “millennial” moment: that the most potent, charged, transformative site of the Spirit’s work is found in the most unlikely of places—the church!
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
a contrast life aimed at communion.
Willie James Jennings • After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging (Theological Education between the Times (TEBT))
A third of the way through and already I can see that this is a must read. ‘Capitalism’ and its critique was first developed by the French reactionary Right and only later taken over by a (largely Christian) socialist Left. Today’s Left vastly overstresses the Hegel-Marx thing. https://t.co/uckJaU49hz
RIP Alisdsair MacIntyre: “His original critique of liberal modernity has won followers on the Left and the Right. His account of how capitalism has undermined the conditions of human flourishing deserves the serious attention of socialists.” https://t.co/pq9I3ZmpwN https://t.co/SyWPDfxKfD