Daily Archives: December 24, 2011

Anti-Santy Ranty

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Alastair Roberts
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‘Symbol and Sacrament’ Chapter 1: Onto-Theology in Classical Sacramental Theology

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

Symbol and Sacrament Posts: Introduction, Chapter 2:I, Chapter 2:II, Chapter 3, Chapter 4:I, Chapter 4:II, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7 Chauvet’s Symbol and Sacrament begins with the question of the reason why the Scholastics privileged the category of ‘cause’ when thinking … Continue reading →

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Marilynne Robinson on What Literature Owes the Bible

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

Thanks to Jason Goroncy for alerting me to this wonderful article by Marilynne Robinson, the author of Gilead. Literatures are self-referential by nature, and even when references to Scripture in contemporary fiction and poetry are no more than ornamental or rhetorical — indeed, … Continue reading →

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