The Unhappy Consciousness Narrative of the White 'n' Woke Progressive Christian absorbs white self-loathing while pressing for social transformation. Read more
The Unhappy Consciousness Narrative of the White 'n' Woke Progressive Christian absorbs white self-loathing while pressing for social transformation. Read more
There are two Christian nationalist narratives, not one. The first is the "Decline Narrative" told by White American Christian Nationalists. The second is the "Unhappy Consciousness Narrative" told by White 'n' Woke Progressive Christians. In two posts we look at each. Read more
Our conscious mind may be a delusion, if you listen to your friendly neurocentrist. But, consciousness is a hard-core commonsense intuition. Science should explain it, not explain it away. Read more
The neuro-determinists want to steal our free will and fence it to our brains. Are we going to let the thieves get away with this crime? How can we protect our free will? With a precise definition. Read more
Is a distinctively Lutheran transhumanism likely? No, according to Noreen Herzfeld. Why? Because transhumanist assumptions and goals about dislodging the mind from its bodily substrate fails to appreciate how God appreciates our embodiment. Read more
Beneath the thin veneer of civilization, the preternatural wolf with all its ferocity crouches in readiness to shed blood in chaotic mayhem. Read more
To live the Christian life, we certainly need to pray that the Holy Spirit give us the gift of compassion. And, we need to ask the Holy Spirit for the insight to perceive injustice and the zeal to right the wrong. Might we also pray for wisdom? Wisdom to bypass the temptation to self-justification and the temptation to join in mob violence that comes with ressentiment? Read more
White 'n' woke Progressive Christians risk introjecting their ressentiment to create a moral narcissism in what Hegel would call the "unhappy consciousness." Read more
When we say "justification by faith," which dimension of faith justifies? Belief? Trust? Indwelling of Christ? Read more
Ressintement in white American Christian nationalism sustains both racism and xenophobia Read more
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