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Friday May 18, 2007
...a new Catholic blog that's very dense and very thoughtful.
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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
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I enjoyed the new blog---dense describes it well... On a completely unrelated note, I remember a post a few days back (couldn't find it) where Rod was looking for intentional communities. Here is a link to a blog from a Methodist preacher working on his Ph.D. that talks about new monasticism from a Protestant perpspective. http://www.genxrising.com/ Blessings, texasaggiemom
I wouldn't call the post in question disturbing; more like disappointing. And the writer of the post was not making a theological point but a rather obvious political one, refering to the Christian family as a "revolutionary society" and "an ecclesial 'pocket of insurrection.'" I view the mixing of theological and political language as risky, especially when the political language is Marxist in nature. True Marxism is virulently anti-religious and red flags (pardon the pun) go up in my mind when I see or hear such combinations as in the Vox Nova post. The nature of my criticism is purely on a personal level. This isn't a blog I will visit on a regular basis. But as I said in a previous post, I wish them all the best.
Too many words. Can you take some out?
No. :)
Rob - In the post where I quoted Zinn, I was indeed making a theological point, and a political one as well. Theology and politics are distinct but inseparable. As noted by another commenter, theologians have always used nontheological sources as part of the "raw material" of doing theology. I like Zinn's perspective on U.S. history, viewed from the underside, which is so important. I also liked his term "pockets of insurrection" to describe the family and think it can be useful for reflecting on the role of the family from a Catholic perspective. Thanks for your comments. Stop by the blog anytime.
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