Two weeks ago, I had an absolutely lovely time reading A Man for All Seasons out loud in a coffee shop with a new group of friends. In what I hope was not type-casting, I read the part of Cromwell. (ok, it was probably type-casting). I greatly enjoyed the play (though I'm now going to have to put aside all the very nice spiritual reading people have recommended or lent me, so I can reread Wolf Hall), and there was one exchange that particularly struck me, just after More resigns his position … [Read more...]
Feser’s The Last Superstition [Index Post]
January 15, 2012 By 19 Comments
I ran into a Dominican at an American Association for the Advancement of Sciences event in DC, and now I'm reading and arguing about Edward Feser's The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the Last Atheism with him and another brother at the priory. This seems like a nice opportunity to explore the 'non-nihilistic metaphysics logically require theism and probably Christianity' pitch that I've gotten from plenty of Christians and more than a few atheists. Hopefully the discussion will put me … [Read more...]
Made for Another World?
November 6, 2011 By 14 Comments
While travelling this weekend, I finally got around to reading Freud's Last Session - a play that imagines a dialogue between Sigmund Freud (shortly before his death) and C.S. Lewis (not long after his conversion). The show played recently off-Broadway, but I still haven't seen it. I have to say, I wasn't that impressed by the script. The arguments Lewis presents are a lot more complex and compelling in the books he's written (and I assume the same goes for Freud as well). I did think … [Read more...]
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