You knew it had to happen. The moment I decided to make TVA a group blog, my endemic capitalist disease of diversification was coming down the pike.
I love the way TVA is working out — the balance between things like Kenny’s post about the politics of the RC-Anglican thing, Joel’s musing about apocalyptic movies, and [...]
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In the next few days, you may expect several interesting new posts: (1. a proposal regarding theological criticism of films; (2. a post about aspects of the genetic fallacy; (3. a fairly extensive review of Bruegemann’s Old Testament Theology.
I will also be announcing an important and exciting change for The Veil Away — not the [...]
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That delicious three week holiday is almost upon us. What will you be reading? These are my plans:
Dan Simmons’s Hyperion trilogy (aloud, with my fiancee)—it is, in my opinion, the greatest science fiction trilogy of all time.
Charles Taylor’s Hegel.
William James’s Collected Works.
Walter Bruegemann’s Old Testament Theology.
Aristotle’s Physics.
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The time has come to write my sample essay for graduate school applications. I’d like to take it as an opportunity for substantial theological work that will—I hope—successfully involve careful historical theology, exegesis, and personal theological reflection.
The topic I’m going to write about is Sickness & Theology. There are three possible relationships here, I think:
Special [...]
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