Religion
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Fifty Shades of Grey This is depressing: it seems that there is a pornographic novel called Fifty Shades of Grey which is extremely popular among women, and that its plot involves a young woman who gives herself as a masochistic sex slave to a billionaire. Here is one of several commentaries on it which I’ve
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—You’re not a believer, are you? Haines asked. I mean, a believer in the narrow sense of the word. Creation from nothing and miracles and a personal God. —There’s only one sense of the word, it seems to me, Stephen said. —Joyce, Ulysses
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Sunday Night Journal – April 10, 2011 Not too long ago I heard someone say that the greatest problem facing the country is the intrusion of religion into politics. He was quoting Jimmy Carter, who is generally wrong about both those things, and I thought it was pretty far off the mark to say that
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NOTE: This essay appeared originally in Caelum et Terra. —July 14, 2005 Nothing At the CenterNine Popes Without a GodThe Menace of Nice PeopleFalling Leaves in Late WinterPolitics and Communion Nothing At the Center [top] [next] Remote, lofty, and vast, the inside surface of a dome is a natural spot for the placement of
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Francesca mentioned this a couple of days ago. I was at work and couldn't read it at the time. The next day I remembered that I had seen a mention of a good piece by Hart, but I couldn't remember where. Happily, I came across it again today. Anyway: no one need bother pointing out
Light On Dark Water 