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Minding the Messengers
In the section of Antifragile about “skin in the game,” Nassim Nicholas Taleb defines prophets and their task: Prophecy is a pledge of belief, little else. A prophet is not someone who first had an idea; he is the one … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Faith, Life in the Fifth Act, Notes for a World's End, Scripture, Teaching
Tagged Alan Jacobs, Rod Dreher
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Face-to-Face Faith and Practice
As an extension of his talk of “the Benedict Option,” author Rod Dreher recently posed the following questions to the clergy who read his blog and who agree with some version of the dire situation in which today’s church finds … Continue reading
Dovetailing Dreher and Smith
The last couple of weeks have brought a number of reactions to Rod Dreher’s eagerly-awaited book on conservative Christians in contemporary culture, The Benedict Option. For many, it’s been an interesting litmus test for where particular “personalities” in the Christian … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Books, Faith, Teaching
Tagged James K A Smith, Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option
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