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Another look at Auden’s Museé Des Beaux Arts
We recently announced our offering of Gil Bailie’s two part series Reflections on the Poetry of W. H. Auden. The New York Times has also recently published a richly formatted piece by Elisa Gabbert in which she presents her own … Continue reading
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Tagged Musee Des Beaux Arts, Peter Bruegel, poetry, suffering, W H Auden
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A California Yankee in Innsbruck
The Colloquium on Violence and Religion’s 2019 conference is winding up what seems to have recently become its annual attempt to distance itself from René Girard’s Christian and Catholic sensibilities. That this is done in the name of Girard’s understanding … Continue reading
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Tagged Colloquium on Violence & Religion, immigration, mimetic theory, René Girard, suffering
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Suffering: A New Situation
I gave a short talk at the Good Friday service at my parish on the question of vicarious suffering. I spoke from notes, but I began with this: In the David Mamet film Heist, the dubious character played by Danny DeVito … Continue reading
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Tagged Hans Urs von Balthasar, John Paul II, suffering, the Mass
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Gratitude and Sorrow
Yesterday my wife and I awoke to the news of a fast spreading fire in our home town of Santa Rosa. We are 2,500 miles away visiting our daughter and her family … Continue reading