The Myth of the Christ Figure
Mythological embodiment is a common allusion used in everyday English. A Herculean task is something that is difficult to accomplish, an Achilles’ Heel is a weak...
Read MoreThe Spectacle of Excess: Roland Barthes, Wrestling, and the Eucharist
In 1957, during his structuralist stage, Roland Barthes published a book of collected essays titled Mythologies. Barthes’ whole project in Mythologies was to analyze...
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Murder and Moral Notions
In Towards Zero, one of Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries, Mr. Treves, a retired solicitor and specialist on criminology reflects on how we often begin murder...
Read MoreA Net for Catching Days
For me, the phrase “writer’s bock” fails to capture the phenomenon. Block implies that there is inspiration idling somewhere in my brain; it just can’t run the proper...
Read MoreThe Anxiety of Use: A Reading Behind Paul’s Epistle to Philemon
In verse 20 Paul argues that in order to properly participate in the ministry of the gospel Philemon should turn into a type of Onesimus. In this verse, Paul argues that he wants Philemon to become onaimen (a benefit). This is accomplished by laying aside the dictates of the law for a mandate of grace. A true Christian, Paul seems to be arguing, is defined by their love and compassion for those who are absolutely distinct from them. A Christian’s power and authority lies in their ability to identify and become like the least, the refuge, the impoverished, the imprisoned, and the oppressed. This is the final message we have from of Paul in the Bible; it is a summation of his ministry.
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Peter Bayle, Superskeptic
“the value of faith is directly proportional with its repugnancy to reason” “One must necessarily choose between philosophy and the gospel” “the best answer that can...
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