Saturday, June 22, 2013
From the Archives: Part 30 of The Self and its Sources
Rudolf Otto: experience of the primitive sacred – ‘awe’ and ‘awful’ – religious dread, the primary emotion that attended the discovery of religion.
Our ancestors were religious not because they were pious but because they were terrified. An example from the Aztec story of Tezcatlipoca
Thursday, June 20, 2013
From the Archives: Part 29 of The Self and its Sources
The Ancient City (Fustel de Coulanges): the origin of religion – looking at the ‘dead’ - the first mystery
The Idea of the Holy (Rudolf Otto)
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
From the Archives: Part 28 of The Self and its Sources
Is there nothing sacred? A transformation from the primitive sacred to the sacramental.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
From the Archives: Part 27 of The Self and its Sources
Is there another way of experiencing transcendence, as an 'ultimate concern' outside the social order?
Friday, June 14, 2013
From the Archives: Part 26 of The Self and its Sources
Sacrificial structures prior to the cross of Christ provided a way for human culture to regenerate itself.
Paul Tillich’s – 'ultimate concern'.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
From the Archives: Part 25 of The Self and its Sources
The centrality of the cross as seen anthropologically.
Monday, June 10, 2013
From the Archives: Part 24 of The Self and its Sources
The greatest commandment: love the Lord your God with all your heart…
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
From the Archives: Part 21 of The Self and its Sources
The modern self exists because it inhabits a world lacking transcendence.
Sunday, June 02, 2013
From the Archives: Part 20 of The Self and its Sources
The world that shaped the novel is dying and the novel is dying with it.
Pascal:
“We are not satisfied with the life we have in our selves and in our being; we want to live an imaginary life in the eyes of others. “ So, we try to make an ‘impression’.
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