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| Three of the defining Schaeffer books bound together. |
One of my goals for the year is to read lots of Francis Schaeffer's writings, both the ones I read in the past and the ones I have never gotten to. January 2012 will mark the 100th anniversary of his birth. The three books in this trilogy, all of which I read back in the 1980s, are the foundational works for all of his thought and ministry.
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| Useful and challenging survey of world religions by a Christian author |
Irving Hexham professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary and adjunct professor of World Christianity at Liverpool Hope University, Britain's only explicitly Christian university. This survey includes information about Herman Dooyeweerd and Abraham Kuyper. That is enough to interest me in the work. Upon beginning the book, I am amazed to realize how little I know about the religions of the world. My whole academic life has been characterized by the discovery of my own ignorance. The opening chapters are devoted to African religions. I have known of mission works to Africa for all of my Christian life, but am learning quite a bit about the contours of African beliefs which differ from Western ideas and which are not usually completely lost when people are converted to Christianity.
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| The fifth volume of the definitive biography of Dostoevsky |
I would love to have the occasion to read not only more of Dostoevsky's writings, but the five volume critical biography by Joseph Frank. I am reading the portion of the fifth volume,
Dostoevsky: The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871-1881, that deals with
The Brothers Karamazov. That critical and interpretive section covers about 130 pages, almost a book by itself.
6 comments:
Where is the Christian University in England?
Paul,
According to the information on the back of the book, Prof. Hexham is an adjunct professor of World Christianity at Liverpool Hope University, Britain's only explicitly Christian university. I will clarify that on the blog post. Thanks for leaving a comment.
Ben
That's interesting, I didn't know Liverpool Hope was Christian! Just looked it up and apparently it also has Britain's only ethnic minority vice-chancellor. Thanks.
Paul,
Do I know you from Thinknet? Looked at your blog and 'about me' information. Quite enjoyable.
Well, I certainly know you from thinknet, ha!
Thanks. Hey, you might like these couple of posts from my old blog:
http://philosophisingplasterer.blogspot.com/2007/08/cs-lewis-trail.html
http://philosophisingplasterer.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-lewis-mural.html
I gather you are a fan! :-)
Thanks for the posts. I will look them up. I was 95 percent certain about you being a Thinknet contributor. The only problem is that you have an ordinary sounding name. You could be a neighbor here in the American south. Many of the Thinknetters have unusual Dickensian or Dutch sounding names.
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