Friday, August 30, 2019

"George Pell AC (born 8 June 1941) Is an Australian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and Convicted Child Sex Offender": Questions We Might Ask

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Plus ça change : for people who profess to be all about taking history and tradition seriously, many self-professed Catholic conserva...
Thursday, August 29, 2019

In Commemoration of Death of Richard Sipe in August 2018, a Revised Copy of "Clerical Spirituality and the Culture of Narcissism"

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A resource I'd like to bring to your attention: in commemoration of the anniversary of Richard Sipe's death on 8 August 2018, t...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Recommended: Ian Gilmour, Slavery to Civil Rights

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I'd like to recommend to you a little monograph entitled Slavery to Civil Rights , written by my friend Ian Gilmour, a Presbyteri...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Ruth Krall, A Brief Afterword to "Recapitulation: Affinity Sexual Violence in a Religious Voice"

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Healthcare Workers in Ebola Protective Gear (i) Ruth Krall has generously prepared a brief afterword to her six-part series of essays...
Saturday, August 17, 2019

"Ladies, You'll Never Have to Use a Washing Machine Again When You Get to Heaven": I Report on a Funeral Sermon

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Maytag Ad 1959 "Ladies, just think! You'll never have to use a washing machine again when you get to heaven." Then t...
Friday, August 16, 2019

Ruth Krall, Moral Corruption in the Religious Commons (3)

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Theodore Rombouts, (1597-1617), " Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple " The following is the third part of Ru...
Monday, August 12, 2019

Ruth Krall, Moral Corruption in the Religious Commons (2)

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Theodore Rombouts, (1597-1617), " Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple " The essay below is the second installm...