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In memorium:
As we approach the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 news outlets, internet pundits, and all manner of social media will likely be filled with retrospectives from every conceivable angle telling us the significance of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Islam, mimetic theory, religion, René Girard, terrorism, the Gospel, violence
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A Coda on COV&R in Innsbruck (present and past…)
Bleary eyed after 24 hours of travel from Austria to San Francisco the accumulated work of two weeks away from the Cornerstone Forum office awaits me. Before I dig into the pile of paper, emails, and related chores I would … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Péguy, Colloquium on Violence & Religion, immigration, Innsbruck, Islam, René Girard, Richard Wilbur, scapegoats, truth
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…will he find faith on the earth?
In a post from late last year the question Jesus poses in Luke 18:8 regarding the Son of Man’s return and what he might expect to find was left for us to ponder. The steady receding of many of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Coptic Christian, Islam, Martin Mosebach, martyr, witness
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Revisiting the Colloquium on Violence & Religion Conference…
Because of a scheduling conflict with another conference the topic of which is highly relevent to Gil’s current writing project he is unable to attend this year’s annual meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion in Madrid being … Continue reading
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Tagged Colloquium on Violence & Religion, Europe, Islam, Jeremiah
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Filling the Vacuum….
Virgil tells Dante what it was that caused the Assyrian Queen, Semiramis, to be tormented in the region of the Inferno reserved for the lustful. Her sin, however, seems to have been more than just lust, which for Dante is … Continue reading
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Tagged Dante, Islam, Marxism, morality, multiculturalism, sexual liberation, Shakespeare
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A view of multiculturalism from 1925
The theory was that a Christian and a Mahometan might learn the same lessons in the same class, on ninety-nine subjects out of a hundred, so long as nobody mentioned Mahomet or mentioned Christ, It seems strange that nobody noticed … Continue reading
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A Modest Proposal…
Muslims who are working to make the characterization of Islam as a religion of peace into a reality deserve our admiration and support, all the more so inasmuch as the worldwide challenge they face is so seemingly insurmountable. To date … Continue reading
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Tagged interpretation, intolerance, Islam, morality, violence
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San Bernardino mass shooting…God have mercy
“To paraphrase H.L. Mencken, ‘When somebody says it’s not about Islam, it’s about Islam.’ Syed Farook did not go to Saudi Arabia to study Zen Buddhism.” — Roger Simon
The Battle of Lepanto
The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7th, 1571. Occupied by the Turks in 1498, Lepanto is chiefly celebrated for the victory won by the combined papal, Spanish, Venetian, and Genoese fleets, under Don John of Austria. The Turks had 208 galleys … Continue reading
An historical perspective…
(Islam] very nearly destroyed us. It kept up the battle against Christendom actively for a thousand years, and the story is by no means over; the power of Islam may at any moment re-arise.” – Hilaire Belloc, 1938
