Month: August 2008
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Anthony Smith on Not Voting as Violence?
Anthony Smith also known as for his blog “Musings of a Postmodern Negro” has written a great and thought-provoking post on voting from the perspective of black history and theology. He says: Voting, as it is oftentimes seen by historically marginalized groups, is a precious gift. It is not seen, within the language game of the…
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Dress Down Friday – Rushmore’s Tenth Anniversary
Here’s a list of interesting things to entertain you for a few moments. This fall is the tenth anniversary of Wes Anderson’s film “Rushmore.” To celebrate, the Fan site Rushmore Academy is putting together their first issue of Yankee Journal an online art and literary journal for anything inspired by Anderson’s films (though they don’t…
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Cattell – On the Desire to Remain Uncontaminated
I came across this quote from Missionary and Quaker Everett Cattell today, here he questions the faithfulness of those communities that withdraw from “the world.” It is a strong statement, but one that resonates with my own position on the question of the church’s presence in the world and politics (especially the last part about…
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Everett Cattell’s Principle of Authority (pt. 3)
Series contents | Intro | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five Cattell’s understanding of authority is derived from Christ, who is the head of the church. He argues that there is a tendency in the church to choose some one authority over another. Christ as head relativizes arguments over authority…