I cannot seem to translate the wordless words in my heart;
the young foals spill from their mother and walk in seconds; Continue reading
Author: gregorystackpole
Identity Politics: Impact versus Intent, 2.75 of 4
I have written previous posts, posts about these topics. Part one is here, two is here, two (.5) is here. I also wrote about Crenshaw here.
I have changed my mind a great deal on these matters since I committed to writing about them. Here, I think about the cultural trends indicated by some of these things.
Slight spoilers, below, for the show The Expanse. Continue reading
Progress versus Novelty
I have not seen the latest iPhone but
I’m sure it will be a little bit prettier
than the one before it and
the one before that. Continue reading
James Dunn on the Spirit —Human and Divine— in Paul of Tarsus
This is the twenty-fifth follow-up to the post, “Gagarin and the Seven Heavens“. Here, I am digressing into a series of posts on the secondary literature, for a bit, regarding πνεῦμα (“spirit”) in Paul, in the Hebrew Bible, in Stoicism, late antique Neoplatonic texts, and in some North African Christian texts from before Nicea. I may jump back and publish posts related to the main thread in between publishing the posts that are slotted for this subset.
The previous follow-up posts were becoming so numerous —and the text block listing and introducing them was so large— that they were soon going to take up more space than the posts themselves. Thus, I organized and listed them here.
N. T. Wright on the Ascension of Jesus and Heaven
This is the twenty-fourth follow-up to the post, “Gagarin and the Seven Heavens“. Previously we focused on the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Here, we focus on an Anglican theologian from the more Evangelical side of the Anglican Church.
The previous follow-up posts were becoming so numerous —and the text block listing and introducing them was so large— that they were soon going to take up more space than the posts themselves. Thus, I organized and listed them here.
Into the Clarities 