What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
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The Australian author Greg Egan does dense future science speculative fiction really well. Try "Permutation City" or "Diaspora"...
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Egan has a new one out atm. Paul J McAuley is also very good. Try "Fairyland" if you haven't already.
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Woot! My hold on a library book was finally fulfilled. I want to buy the book, but it's $19, so I'll sample it first.
I've got the audiobook, but I haven't been listening to audiobooks. I'm greedy. I want fast information!
And my Audible subscription is up for renewal. They're offering the first year for $85. I'm tempted.
I've got the audiobook, but I haven't been listening to audiobooks. I'm greedy. I want fast information!
And my Audible subscription is up for renewal. They're offering the first year for $85. I'm tempted.
Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
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What's the conclusion Joe?
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
I'm about a third of the way into it, but Holland's preface has a pretty good summation of what he's on about.
I'm finding it quite facinating to see how he jumps through the flow of time illustrating this development he's arguing for, and rather enjoy his decidely non-evangelical approach. An athiest writing about Christianity's influence is a nice twist.Tom Holland wrote:How was it that a cult inspired by the execution of an obscure criminal in a long-vanquished empire came to exercise such a transformative and enduring influence in the world? To attempt an answer to this question, as I do in this book, is not to write a history of Christianity. Rather than provide a panoramic survey of its evolution, I have sought instead to trace the currents of Christian influence that have spread most widely, and been most enduring into the present day. That is why - although I have written extensively about the Eastern and Orthodox churches elsewhere, and find them themes of immense wonder and fascination - I have chosen not to trace their development beyond antiquity. My ambition is hubristic enough as it is: to explore how we in the West came to be what we are, and to think in the way that we do. The moral and imaginative upheaval that saw Jesus enshrined as a God by the same imperial order that had him tortured to death did not bring an end to the capacity of Christianity for inspiring profound transformation in societies. Quite the opposite. Already, by the time that Anselm died in 1109, Latin Christendom had been set upon a course so distinctive that what today we term ‘the West’ is less its heir than its continuation. Certainly, the dream of a world transformed by a reformation, or an enlightenment, or a revolution is nothing exclusively modern. Rather, it is to dream as medieval visionaries dreamed: to dream in the manner of a Christian.
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need to find her plane
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No mention of Locke, Hume, Descartes, Rousseau, Kant, or Newton, Leibniz, or Condorcet etc?Joe wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 6:50 pmI'm about a third of the way into it, but Holland's preface has a pretty good summation of what he's on about.
I'm finding it quite facinating to see how he jumps through the flow of time illustrating this development he's arguing for, and rather enjoy his decidely non-evangelical approach. An athiest writing about Christianity's influence is a nice twist.Tom Holland wrote:How was it that a cult inspired by the execution of an obscure criminal in a long-vanquished empire came to exercise such a transformative and enduring influence in the world? To attempt an answer to this question, as I do in this book, is not to write a history of Christianity. Rather than provide a panoramic survey of its evolution, I have sought instead to trace the currents of Christian influence that have spread most widely, and been most enduring into the present day. That is why - although I have written extensively about the Eastern and Orthodox churches elsewhere, and find them themes of immense wonder and fascination - I have chosen not to trace their development beyond antiquity. My ambition is hubristic enough as it is: to explore how we in the West came to be what we are, and to think in the way that we do. The moral and imaginative upheaval that saw Jesus enshrined as a God by the same imperial order that had him tortured to death did not bring an end to the capacity of Christianity for inspiring profound transformation in societies. Quite the opposite. Already, by the time that Anselm died in 1109, Latin Christendom had been set upon a course so distinctive that what today we term ‘the West’ is less its heir than its continuation. Certainly, the dream of a world transformed by a reformation, or an enlightenment, or a revolution is nothing exclusively modern. Rather, it is to dream as medieval visionaries dreamed: to dream in the manner of a Christian.
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
Well, given that I'm just to the 14th century, no. I did peruse the index and found no mention of any of them and I'm not surprised. The book has been jumping from point in time to point in time, where he digs into a specific episode or development such as attitudes toward charity in the transition of Roman culture as the church became more culturally dominant and the old pantheon of gods declined. It smacks of cherry-picking to me - he actually skipped the life of Jesus - and I have to wonder how much contrary history is in the gaps. I'm too far gone from my Catholic indoctrination to fill in the blanks.Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 4:46 pmNo mention of Locke, Hume, Descartes, Rousseau, Kant, or Newton, Leibniz, or Condorcet etc?Joe wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 6:50 pmI'm about a third of the way into it, but Holland's preface has a pretty good summation of what he's on about.
I'm finding it quite facinating to see how he jumps through the flow of time illustrating this development he's arguing for, and rather enjoy his decidely non-evangelical approach. An athiest writing about Christianity's influence is a nice twist.Tom Holland wrote:How was it that a cult inspired by the execution of an obscure criminal in a long-vanquished empire came to exercise such a transformative and enduring influence in the world? To attempt an answer to this question, as I do in this book, is not to write a history of Christianity. Rather than provide a panoramic survey of its evolution, I have sought instead to trace the currents of Christian influence that have spread most widely, and been most enduring into the present day. That is why - although I have written extensively about the Eastern and Orthodox churches elsewhere, and find them themes of immense wonder and fascination - I have chosen not to trace their development beyond antiquity. My ambition is hubristic enough as it is: to explore how we in the West came to be what we are, and to think in the way that we do. The moral and imaginative upheaval that saw Jesus enshrined as a God by the same imperial order that had him tortured to death did not bring an end to the capacity of Christianity for inspiring profound transformation in societies. Quite the opposite. Already, by the time that Anselm died in 1109, Latin Christendom had been set upon a course so distinctive that what today we term ‘the West’ is less its heir than its continuation. Certainly, the dream of a world transformed by a reformation, or an enlightenment, or a revolution is nothing exclusively modern. Rather, it is to dream as medieval visionaries dreamed: to dream in the manner of a Christian.
That said, I am enjoying his dives into these episodes. He writes well and the history is entertaining. I'll see how the chapter on the Enlightenment goes without it's great luminaries.
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Movie was good ...book fleshes out the story in detail...now to find the plane.
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Sigh - nothing concrete on Amelia
If they did land on Gardiner Island on the coral flats at low tide then the plane will have been beaten to shreds except for the motors which were not found. A frustrating mystery
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If they did land on Gardiner Island on the coral flats at low tide then the plane will have been beaten to shreds except for the motors which were not found. A frustrating mystery
Back to Malazan Book of the Fallen. About 60% through the 10 linked novels of large proportions.
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Put my toe in - started the omnibus - I see Erikson thinks highly of the author √
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One of my favourite series, mac...
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