DISQUS

Jesus wasn't white? What? ;)


**worldview collapse**

(in a deadpan voice)


Well, Jesus was in his early 30s when he kicked this thing off, right? We're in good company, aren't we?

Hey Mark... Email me and let's see if I can help you out some.

Hey Mark... Email me and let's see if I can help you out some.

heh, nice. who does that Jesus guy think he is, anyway? ;)

heh, nice. who does that Jesus guy think he is, anyway? ;)

heh, nice. who does that Jesus guy think he is, anyway? ;)

Here's one way to overcome the temptation to technorati checking: don't get any new links for such a long time that you just stop checking. It worked for me!

Anyways, good musings on keeping your blog focused. Tough stuff!

Congrats on the award, and the timely site re-launch!

It's looking good, if a little rough around the edges in a couple of places, which is to be expected from a brand new design...

Congrats on the award, and the timely site re-launch!

It's looking good, if a little rough around the edges in a couple of places, which is to be expected from a brand new design...

Congrats on the award, and the timely site re-launch!


It's looking good, if a little rough around the edges in a couple of places, which is to be expected from a brand new design...

Yeah, it's definitely a bit more of a jumbled feel lately. Some "101" style posts to orient new people to some of the "insider language" that inevitably begins to crop up would probably be helpful.

As for moving to ExpressionEngine, you could do basically everything you're talking about with Wordpress and a customized theme with a few well-chosen plugins. Still, I've heard great things about EE, it's just not free.

Yeah, it's definitely a bit more of a jumbled feel lately. Some "101" style posts to orient new people to some of the "insider language" that inevitably begins to crop up would probably be helpful.

As for moving to ExpressionEngine, you could do basically everything you're talking about with Wordpress and a customized theme with a few well-chosen plugins. Still, I've heard great things about EE, it's just not free.

Yeah, it's definitely a bit more of a jumbled feel lately. Some "101" style posts to orient new people to some of the "insider language" that inevitably begins to crop up would probably be helpful.


As for moving to ExpressionEngine, you could do basically everything you're talking about with Wordpress and a customized theme with a few well-chosen plugins. Still, I've heard great things about EE, it's just not free.

Just so long as the EC isn't in Papyrus or Comic Sans, it's all right with me. ;)

But yes, there are some interesting parallels. The myth of Enlightenment neutrality really shines through in the video there. I don't think I've ever heard someone call a font gnostic though!

Just so long as the EC isn't in Papyrus or Comic Sans, it's all right with me. ;)

But yes, there are some interesting parallels. The myth of Enlightenment neutrality really shines through in the video there. I don't think I've ever heard someone call a font gnostic though!

Just so long as the EC isn't in Papyrus or Comic Sans, it's all right with me. ;)


But yes, there are some interesting parallels. The myth of Enlightenment neutrality really shines through in the video there. I don't think I've ever heard someone call a font gnostic though!

Sorry, after re-reading my previous comment, I realized that I had an misplaced pronoun in the last sentence of the second paragraph. They "they" there should not be referring to Caputo and Derrida, but rather to those who do not question radical individualism.

Sorry, after re-reading my previous comment, I realized that I had an misplaced pronoun in the last sentence of the second paragraph. They "they" there should not be referring to Caputo and Derrida, but rather to those who do not question radical individualism.

Deconstruction... First off, it is primarily a philosophical thing that the Anglo-American philosophical establishment has misunderstood and ridiculed, but the literature departments have gobbled it up without understanding it well either. So, right off the hop, deconstruction as "literary theory" is already a good step away from what Derrida was writing. Of course, he would say that this is unavoidable and would not try to "purify" people's understanding of his texts.

The problem with deconstruction is that people tend to take it only just so far. In a particularly American way, most deconstructionists don't call their own radical individualism into question, which is precisely what deconstruction does in the hands of its lively practitioners such as Derrida and Caputo. They turn deconstruction into an arrogant way of proving everyone else wrong rather than turning it on their very cherished notions of selfhood and individuality.

Deconstruction is more about the other than the self, of clearing away the mental cruft that makes us unable to welcome and recognize the other. Deconstruction sees that trying to "nail things down" and to "grasp" things tends towards violence (as those metaphors of objectivity show) and therefore simply points out that inquiry is still open; that anyone saying that we have arrived at truth (or justice, or democracy, or ...) is laughable.

I fail to see how this account of deconstruction is anything other than completely consonant with the life and teachings of Jesus.

Deconstruction... First off, it is primarily a philosophical thing that the Anglo-American philosophical establishment has misunderstood and ridiculed, but the literature departments have gobbled it up without understanding it well either. So, right off the hop, deconstruction as "literary theory" is already a good step away from what Derrida was writing. Of course, he would say that this is unavoidable and would not try to "purify" people's understanding of his texts.

The problem with deconstruction is that people tend to take it only just so far. In a particularly American way, most deconstructionists don't call their own radical individualism into question, which is precisely what deconstruction does in the hands of its lively practitioners such as Derrida and Caputo. They turn deconstruction into an arrogant way of proving everyone else wrong rather than turning it on their very cherished notions of selfhood and individuality.

Deconstruction is more about the other than the self, of clearing away the mental cruft that makes us unable to welcome and recognize the other. Deconstruction sees that trying to "nail things down" and to "grasp" things tends towards violence (as those metaphors of objectivity show) and therefore simply points out that inquiry is still open; that anyone saying that we have arrived at truth (or justice, or democracy, or ...) is laughable.

I fail to see how this account of deconstruction is anything other than completely consonant with the life and teachings of Jesus.

Sorry, after re-reading my previous comment, I realized that I had an misplaced pronoun in the last sentence of the second paragraph. They "they" there should not be referring to Caputo and Derrida, but rather to those who do not question radical individualism.

Deconstruction... First off, it is primarily a philosophical thing that the Anglo-American philosophical establishment has misunderstood and ridiculed, but the literature departments have gobbled it up without understanding it well either. So, right off the hop, deconstruction as "literary theory" is already a good step away from what Derrida was writing. Of course, he would say that this is unavoidable and would not try to "purify" people's understanding of his texts.


The problem with deconstruction is that people tend to take it only just so far. In a particularly American way, most deconstructionists don't call their own radical individualism into question, which is precisely what deconstruction does in the hands of its lively practitioners such as Derrida and Caputo. They turn deconstruction into an arrogant way of proving everyone else wrong rather than turning it on their very cherished notions of selfhood and individuality.



Deconstruction is more about the other than the self, of clearing away the mental cruft that makes us unable to welcome and recognize the other. Deconstruction sees that trying to "nail things down" and to "grasp" things tends towards violence (as those metaphors of objectivity show) and therefore simply points out that inquiry is still open; that anyone saying that we have arrived at truth (or justice, or democracy, or ...) is laughable.



I fail to see how this account of deconstruction is anything other than completely consonant with the life and teachings of Jesus.

Endorsements are basically a good thing. It's pretty much the same thing as a blogroll: recommending someone/thing based on relational authority. I'll respect an endorsement/link if I respect the person doing it.

Endorsements are basically a good thing. It's pretty much the same thing as a blogroll: recommending someone/thing based on relational authority. I'll respect an endorsement/link if I respect the person doing it.