I recently read Oliver O’Donovan’s book on political theology, The Desire of the Nations, at the end of which he gives a (pretty fair) critique of modern liberal society. One point that struck me as profound relates to what he calls the ‘totalisation of speech’. For O’Donovan, this has eroded the love of true wisdom [...]
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The Ammunition of Reduction and the Humility of Christ
Posted in Culture, Current Affairs, Faith, Philosophy, Politics, Theology, tagged christ, Eric Holder, Formation, humility, Reductionism, Sloganeering, Stephen Carter on April 1, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I recently read an article on nytimes.com by Yale law professor Stephen Carter in which he laments the reductionist way in which recent comments by US attorney general Eric Holder were interpreted by the wider media. Holder, speaking to Justice Department employees for Black History Month, stated that “in things racial we have always been [...]
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