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January 15, 2010 2

Haiti, and Adorno on Solidarity

By Robert Minto in Depreciations, Evil, Suffering

The evil response of certain evangelicals to the tragedy of Haiti came vividly to mind as I read the opening pages of Adorno’s Minima Moralia this evening. In particular, the comments of Pat Robertson that the Haitians are somehow reaping divine vengeance for a pact with the devil in their history — struck me as [...]

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December 29, 2009 1

Simone Weil and the Whiskey Priest: A Spirituality of Suffering

By Robert Minto in Cross(es), Gospel, Motivation, Obligation, Suffering

Simone Weil’s two letters on the subject of baptism, to be found in the opening pages of her famous “Waiting for God,” remind me — in certain ignoble places — of my own history with the sacrament. At one point, Weil allows a backgrounding fear to break through her reasoning:
The mere thought that, supposing I [...]

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