Archive for the ‘Patriotism’ Category

September 23, 2009 0

Excerpt from “The Politics of Pilgrimage”

By Robert Minto in Ecclesiology, Motivation, Patriotism, Politics

The following is an excerpt from a paper (The Politics of Pilgrimage) that I’ll be presenting at Wheaton this Saturday. Most of the paper is literary criticism, but this one section sets the stage for the theme I tease out of the literature I engage—pilgrimage as an interpretive category for the Christian life.
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June 15, 2009 1

Thoughts About the Future of the CPJ

By Robert Minto in Patriotism, Politics

These fragmentary thoughts were inspired by the admirably inquisitive preparations for leadership of Gideon Strauss, (soon-to-be) new President of the Center for Public Justice, at his blog. I find the potential of CPJ to be massive for my own restless and eager (but aimless) generation. Forgive the imperative tone of my suggestions—they were written quickly [...]

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May 28, 2009 1

Identity & “The Good Shepherd”

By Robert Minto in Film, Patriotism

His face is so customarily unchanging that the very slight strain at the edges of his lips immediately alerts the two strangers who have been his family that something terrible has happened.
He walks toward them, toward the church, with his usual slow step, as if he were pushing his way through the secrets that have [...]

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