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By the Book; Buy the Book; Bye (bye) the Book . . . .
A sign of the times: Earlier this month, two things happened the same day. First, a friend sold all twelve volumes of my set of The Interpreter’s Bible. This was an old favorite, a set I bought in 1980 for about $350. Sent off for it, waited a few weeks, and it came in a … Continue reading By the Book; Buy the Book; Bye (bye) the Book . . . .
Getting Way Too Cozy With God: Karen Armstrong Speaks
This is excerpted from The Friend of London: Talking About God with Karen Armstrong ‘”We are talking far too much about God these days, and what we say is often facile.” Karen Armstrong has never been one to dodge calling a spade a spade, and last week at Friends House London, without a note, she … Continue reading Getting Way Too Cozy With God: Karen Armstrong Speaks
In Praise of the Gadfly — Socrates, Plato And An Absurd Figure
Thanks to Scott Horton and his peerless “No Comment” blog, for this quote from Plato, which struck home with me today: