On the Crime of Taming and Shrinking Christianity
I have three peeves with modern presentations of Christianity, which seem intent on reducing that grandiose historical singularity to a domesticated pet. The targets of my peevishness can be named
To readers of SEVEN ISLANDS
As with most new publications, the English edition of my book, Seven Islands, displays a few typographical errors, and a true blooper at the very beginning. The latter is on page 6
Rescuing the Obvious – On Truths that Should Be Truisms
“Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.” G.K. Chesterton Nothing unites people more than sharing what they hold to be obvious, even if only tacitly and implicitly. Disputed
The Holy Family (a Sagrada Família)
Going (ida) Returning (volta) Feast of the Restless Family Festa da Família Inquieta
SEVEN ISLANDS now available (SETE ILHAS em breve)
After nearly five years of editing and tweaking, my philosophical and religious travelogue, Seven Islands, is now available on Amazon. The text of its earlier drafts on my site have
Bigger and Bigger Emptiness
If science not only teaches us that atoms – in terms of mass – are more than 99% ’empty space’, and then, without missing a beat, goes on to assure
Turning to Luke
St. Luke the Evangelist, by Andrey Mironov There are no written documents on Earth that can compare with the Four Gospels. I am a mega-admirer of the Bhagavad-Gita, of the Upanishads and
THE OTHER WORLD WE LIVE IN (‘O outro mundo em que vivemos’ – agora disponível)
The Other World We Live In Angelico Press link Praise for The Other World We Live In “Where are the angels these days? No doubt, they mind their own business.
News on Podcasts (and on “Eschatology”)
For my anglophone readers who would also enjoy becoming hearers, I am opening a “Podcasts” menu on my homepage. I have received audios of a number of programs I made
To my anglophone readers…
The lectures on both Virgil and Lucretius have now been added to the “Humanities” menu. I find them to be among the most memorable of the talks.