C.S. Lewis and Deification � The Website of Unknowing

C.S. Lewis and Deification � The Website of Unknowing: "I haven’t read this yet, but it sure looks tasty… and I wanted to go ahead and post a link here, since I know some of my readers are interested in C. S. Lewis and some are interested in the doctrine of deification (in the Greek, theosis). So here’s a chance to ponder how this Orthodox doctrine figures in the thought of the most popular of Anglican authors…

Shine as the Sun: C. S. Lewis and the Doctrine of Deification

Which is actually part two of a two part essay; here is part one: The Orthodox Worldview and C. S. Lewis (Part I)"

Bishop Alan’s Blog: Liturgical Terrorism or the future?

Bishop Alan’s Blog: Liturgical Terrorism or the future?: "Fifty years ago, most denominations had some degree of closed communion — people were generally nice about it, but the denomination was the gatekeeper. Since the 1950’s this rather Brethren way of doing Church has largely broken down in the West.

People who are not personally excommunicated are admitted on the basis of baptism, and the whole Church, not the denomination is the medium of the Sacrament. The institutional denomination is only trustee for the Lord, to whom the Sacrament belongs."

Why Orthodox Christianity Is Outside the Culture Wars by Frederica Mathewes-Green - Beliefnet.com

Why Orthodox Christianity Is Outside the Culture Wars by Frederica Mathewes-Green - Beliefnet.com: "And there didn't even seem to be an Orthodox catechism, for goodness' sake. It seemed like the faith was supposed to be learned almost by osmosis, by living it. How could that work?%20If%20a%20church%20with%20an%20infallible%20pope%20and%20a%20magisterium%20could%20have%20as%20much%20rioting%20in%20the%20pews%20as%20the%20Catholics%20did%2C%20what%20hope%20did%20the%20Orthodox%20have%3F%20So%20I%20figured%20it%20was%20just%20a%20matter%20of%20time.%20Trying%20to%20maintain%20the%20classic%20faith%20without%20a%20powerful%20hierarchy%20didn't%20look%20like%20doing%20a%20high-wire%20act%20without%20the%20net;%20it%20looked%20like%20doing%20it%20without%20the%20wire.%20"

The Archbishop of York - The Sunday Times Literary Festival

The Archbishop of York - The Sunday Times Literary Festival: "But paradoxically, though the English might quite like the description of being self-made, and might in fact privately think they'd done a pretty good job, they would be the last to say so publicly. They would be much more likely to say – 'Well, I may be self-made, but I've made a bit of a botch of it, as you can see.' For alongside the arrogance which many people see in the English, there is also a much stronger characteristic of self-deprecation."

Theo Geek: The Atonement again

Theo Geek: The Atonement again: "What Christians have not agreed on over the centuries is what precisely Christ accomplished, or how, or why. Here are some of the views that have been held, with approximate dates as to when they were invented and popular:"

Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Irish Times Archives 1859-2009 FREE until April 5

Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Irish Times Archives 1859-2009 FREE until April 5

A Response to Wesley Hill’s “Will the Church be the Church for Homosexual Christians?” � Bekah’s Weblog

A Response to Wesley Hill’s “Will the Church be the Church for Homosexual Christians?” � Bekah’s Weblog: "There is a simple truth about human sexuality, and its implications apply to any sexual sin— pedophilia, rape, adultery, lust, homosexuality, even self-centered sex within a marriage—God created man in His good and perfect Image. He then created woman— equally made in His Image— and instituted the marriage relationship as the very good and perfect union within humanity that would reflect the unified diversity and intimacy of the relationship present within the Triune God. The problem is not within God or His creation. The problem is that mankind has found a plethora of ways to pervert God’s one perfect plan for human sexuality."

News - South Africa: Niehaus has no degree: report

News - South Africa: Niehaus has no degree: report: "Former ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus does not have a doctor's degree in theology as claimed, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

According to Beeld newspaper, Niehaus did not get a doctor's degree in theology from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, as he had claimed. This was during his stint as South Africa's ambassador in Den Haag."

Something of an exaggeration, suggesting that he had no degree, when he did.

The National Interest � Blog Archive � Carl Niehaus, Shack-dweller & Mbeki

The National Interest � Blog Archive � Carl Niehaus, Shack-dweller & Mbeki: "I tried to make sense of the tragedy that is Carl Niehaus. I could not help but remember the man who hardly gets remembered these days: Thabo Mbeki. And while I thought of Mbeki and his lecture on the pursuit of wealth at all costs, I read an SMS posted on TV during a debate about the 2009 elections.

A viewer posted a commentary which stated: “Someone who parks a BMW outside his shack…and the shack spots a DSTV dish…is that person poor?” The question could have been asked of Carl. How did he decide to rent a R3 million mansion for R45 000 a month while he had a string of debts around his neck dating back years?"

Niehaus blames prison

East Coast Radio Newswatch: "Former ANC spokesman Carl Niehaus’ current “personal situation” was the effects of his “time spent in prison for his principled opposition to apartheid”, his lawyer said earlier today.

Niehaus was seeking professional help, his attorney, Ian Small Smith, said in a statement."

Andy Borowitz: Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy

Andy Borowitz: Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy: "In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.

Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tic, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.

But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring."

News - South Africa: Woman tells of trauma of muthi claims

News - South Africa: Woman tells of trauma of muthi claims: "Vusi Sixikixa 19 Monwabisi Jali 25 and Sonwabile 'Sbhamu' Qhosha 24 have appeared in court charged with the murders. The case was postponed to May 8. 'Of course the lies are spread by people who know what they are doing. But it doesn t stop ordinary people from believing them ' said Dlongolo. 'It is very sad. If human parts were found in my tavern freezer why was I not arrested and charged I asked people to produce the body parts and tell me what had been done with them. No one has come forward and yet the rumours keep getting worse. 'If I was really a mastermind why have those boys who confessed to the murders not implicated me The police are under pressure to arrest the killers and they would have jailed me and announced they had caught the big fish.' '"

Anglican Wanderings: If You Think This is the Future, Look Away Now!

Anglican Wanderings: If You Think This is the Future, Look Away Now!: "If yes, it's pretty easy, most of them like new people joining and especially would love an ex-Anglican or Roman Priest to join. If no, then avoid GAFCON like the plague, because all the groups listed above are in full, equal communion with them. READ ALL ABOUT IT. I have said before that GAFCON do not share our faith or morals, our sacraments or understanding of the scriptures and that they are (and this is not a criticism, they are as welcome to their views as we are to ours) not, in any recognisable way, Catholic. We would make our bed with them at our absolute peril and at the danger of the destruction of ourselves and our realignment with a body as unconcerned with apostolic succession as they are with the sanctity of the Sacraments."

ORTHODOXY IN THE 21st CENTURY: PERSONALISM: a brief critique

ORTHODOXY IN THE 21st CENTURY: PERSONALISM: a brief critique: "While one cannot consent to the theology expressed in Personalism, it is an admirable philosophy, and since it includes the wonderful Dorothy Day, at least some of its adherents actually put its concepts into real practice. My critique is with regards to the theological precepts, not the philosophical concepts, and certainly not a critique of those self-less people who put those concepts into practice."

Sword in the Fire: Acts 6 - Stephen and the First Deacons

Sword in the Fire: Acts 6 - Stephen and the First Deacons: "Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, & Nicolas were chosen by the Apostles as the first deacons. Although the word deacon never appears in this passage, it seems apparent based on later descriptions of the diaconate. Also Church tradition looks to this as the origin of the office of deacon.

Here are a summary of the lives of these men after they were chosen (taken from the OCA website)."

Yosuke YANASE on TEFL and general affairs: Keywords for Prof. Alastair Pennycook's Critical Applied Linguistics #3

Yosuke YANASE on TEFL and general affairs: Keywords for Prof. Alastair Pennycook's Critical Applied Linguistics #3: "Keywords for Prof. Alastair Pennycook's Critical Applied Linguistics #3
1.2 Hisitorical / political terms

1.2.1 Enlightenment

A dictionary definition of the Enlightenment is 'a philosophic movement of the 18th century characterized by an untrammeled but frequently uncritical use of reason, a lively questioning of authority and traditional doctrines and values, a tendency toward individualism, and an emphasis on the idea of universal human progress and on the empirical method in science.' (Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary)."

phislosophical definitions, with useful web links. Includes liberalism, Marxism, feminism -- good summaries

How pluralism distorts biblical salvation

How pluralism distorts biblical salvation: "A clear definition of postmodernism can be elusive. One might say the view of postmodernism is characterized by irrationality of thought. Instead of saying a thing is either black or white, postmodernism says a thing can be black and white at the same time. Or, though a thing is obviously white, it can be non-white at the same time. The definition of postmodernism can be just as slippery as the phenomenon it attempts to label."

Postmodernism from a conservative evangelical Protestant point of view.

A fairly well-argued position.

Humanist weddings grow in popularity in Scotland | Ekklesia

Humanist weddings grow in popularity in Scotland | Ekklesia: "The recent growth in humanist marriages in Scotland means they have overtaken Episcopal ceremonies for the first time, say organisers of the ceremonies. Since they were first made legal their number rose from 82 in 2005 to 710 in 2007.

The Humanist Society of Scotland (HSS) now says it expects to marry over 1,000 couples this year and predicts it will help 1,500 more to tie the knot in 2009, reports Scotland on Sunday newspaper."

Northern KwaZulu-Natal Courier, Dundee: Dundee man’s important, relevant book

Northern KwaZulu-Natal Courier, Dundee: Dundee man’s important, relevant book: "RA Burns ran the local newspaper, The Northern Natal Courier. A family friend, Mr DL Paul, worked there for years.
The Savoy cinema and Murugan Talkies were our weekend entertainment. I worshipped at St James Anglican Church.

I remember, as a boy, Reverend Tomes and later, Reverend Ivor Glass. Our Sunday school teacher was George Robson, Evan Jones, our youth mentor, guided us in our Youth Group on Friday evenings.

On Sunday, we window-shopped and enjoyed the company of family and friends."

Contact Online Weblog: Why Postmodernism and the Emerging Church threaten Missions and World Evangelism

Contact Online Weblog: Why Postmodernism and the Emerging Church threaten Missions and World Evangelism: "I am told that there are Anglican churches here in South Africa embracing this new deviation of the Christian faith. which, as I understand it so far, seems to be a kind of neo-liberalism. There is more on the site linked below on the Emerging Church which may be of interest to readers"

BlogExplosion - Puppy And Dog Training Secrets..

BlogExplosion - Puppy And Dog Training Secrets..

Presbyterian Gal: MICHELANGELO GOES HOME

Presbyterian Gal: MICHELANGELO GOES HOME: "After a two year visit to the United States, Michelangelo's David goes home to Italy"

Sub Ratione Dei

Sub Ratione Dei: "Most will by know of seen, or at least heard of Sarah Palin’s remarks on the occasion of attending a graduation service for Wasilla Assembles of God Church. This is not a post about Palin. The truth is I am highly suspicious when politicians refer to their faith, I do not know whether Palin’s religion is genuine of a ploy. However, if a ploy then this is just as concerning for it indicates something of pentecostalism’s current identity crisis."

World's Most Successful AIDS Prevention Programme in Uganda "Sabotaged" by Western "Experts"

World's Most Successful AIDS Prevention Programme in Uganda "Sabotaged" by Western "Experts": "World's Most Successful AIDS Prevention Programme in Uganda 'Sabotaged' by Western 'Experts'
Western advisors used their control of international funding to force a change in direction to condoms and casual sex

By Hilary White

KAMPALA, Uganda, July 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While the US Senate considers a proposal to allocate US$50 million more for AIDS prevention programmes, one Ugandan expert says it will be wasted money if the attitudes of the Western AIDS prevention community towards AIDS transmission do not change. In a column appearing in the Washington Post on June 30, one of Uganda's leading AIDS prevention experts called on the Western 'experts' to 'Let my people go.'"

PAF-LUG BLOG: GenCircles & MyHeritage Merge

PAF-LUG BLOG: GenCircles & MyHeritage Merge: "We have a very exciting announcement to share with you! Pearl Street Software, maker of GenCircles and Family Tree Legends, has merged with MyHeritage.com. In the first of many positive developments that will come from this merger, Family Tree Legends and GenCircles are now 100% free!"

AKSN1P3R

AKSN1P3R: "Nanoblogging or micro-blogging is the popular social media trend and Kwippy promises to pull out an IM that makes nanoblogging easier by storing all your personal status updates as kwips. This is no Facebook status-changing game but a more trustworthy type of social-networking service. It is a web-application, a nano/micro-blogger and an instant messenger AIO!"

Adventus

Adventus: "I'm listening (as I write) to a local radio program, and Stephen Kinzer is promoting his book about Rwanda, so he's talking about the Rwanda genocides, and mentions that people are starting to forgive their attackers, the murderers of their family members, etc. Forgiveness, he says, is not rational, so he's convinced this forgiveness springs from religion, from what believers understand God wants. He repeats it several times: forgiveness is not rational."

James G. Abourezk: Deadly Fallout From Obama's Groveling Before Israel Lobby

James G. Abourezk: Deadly Fallout From Obama's Groveling Before Israel Lobby: "Thus, presidential candidates, one of whom will really become the President of the United States, enabling Israeli aggression can, and has, resulted in the deaths and suffering of tens of thousands of Arabs, in Lebanon, in Palestine, and in Iraq. Such rhetoric allows Israel, with U.S. help, to attempt to starve into submission Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, people who had the temerity to take seriously Bush’s promises of democracy in the Arab world. Despite Israel’s blockade of medicines, food, electricity and other necessities to Gazans, the American government and the American mainstream media have voiced not one word of protest. The U.S. only gives Israel more money and more weapons to continue the attempted starvation."

Bigger than a Breadbox

Bigger than a Breadbox: "An interesting question came in my inbox the other day – I (along with a bazillion or so of my best friends) am on the email list of Kh. Frederica Mathewes-Green , and she posed the question “What movies are better than the book that they are based on?” The reason for her question was her review of Prince Caspian (which I haven’t seen yet).*"

Top 5 Things Every Extrovert Should Know About Introverts � Self Improvement Blog - BrianKim.net

Top 5 Things Every Extrovert Should Know About Introverts � Self Improvement Blog - BrianKim.net: "The reason why the majority of people think that there’s something wrong with introverts is because the majority of people aren’t very knowledgeable when it comes to introverts, in terms of why they are the way they are and why they do the things they do."

Ecclesiology & Ecumenism: Update � Inhabitatio Dei

Ecclesiology & Ecumenism: Update � Inhabitatio Dei: "Here is a further-updated list of all my posts on ecclesiology and ecumenism:

* On Remaining Protestant
* Protestantism and Catholicity
* Apostolic Succession or Theological Continuity?
* The Persistence of Protestant Identity: More Harm than Good?"

The Indypendent � Pastor Pop Quiz!

The Indypendent � Pastor Pop Quiz!: "While pundits have excoriated Senator Barack Obama for his years long relationship with Wright, Senator John McCain has largely escaped scrutiny as he embraces ministers who have made inflammatory remarks about Islam, Jews, women, Catholics, gays and pretty much anyone who is not a white evangelical Christian.

This episode also reveals the gulf between the black church and white evangelicals. For one, Wright’s remarks are similar to those made by some of the most venerated black leaders in U.S. history, such as Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."

Picasso Dreams: Counter Culture Covert Op?

Picasso Dreams: Counter Culture Covert Op?: "What do Frank Zappa, David Crosby, Jackson Brown, Mama Cass, Jim Morrison, John Phillips, Stephen Stills, Mike Nesmith (Monkees), Cory Wells (Three Dog Night), America (Gerry Beckley, Dan Peek and Dewey Bunnell), and Warren Zevon, have in common?

All became leading members of the counter-culture within a few years time. The majority came from military/intelligence families."

Cohen: Bring on the right biofuels - International Herald Tribune

Cohen: Bring on the right biofuels - International Herald Tribune: "The supposed crimes of biofuels are manifold. They're behind soaring global commodity prices, the destruction of the Amazon rain forest, increased rather than diminished greenhouse gases, food riots in Haiti, Indonesian deforestation and, no doubt, your mother-in-law's toothache.

Most of this, to borrow a farm image, is hogwash and bilge.

I'll grant that the fashion for biofuels led to excess, and that some farm-to-fuel-plant conversion, particularly in subsidized U.S. and European markets, makes no sense. But biofuels remain very much part of the solution. It just depends which biofuels."

Future Fit � Blog Archive � A dispassionate look at crime

Future Fit � Blog Archive � A dispassionate look at crime: "The second empirical fact is that several categories of crime have declined. A critic of the government and certainly no friend of the Mbeki administration, The SA Institute for Race Relations, reported that 8 of 12 crime categories have declined over the period 1994/5 to 2005/6. This is confirmed by victim surveys. In victim surveys official stats are ignored and a sample of the population is asked if they experienced crime, what types of crime, how often and so on. These victim surveys confirm the official stats the SAIRR used.

Some of the crimes that decreased and the percentage by which they decreased (measured in the standard measurement of crimes per 100 000 of the population) are murder (41%), attempted murder (36,5%), car theft (32,8%) & commercial crime (28,9%).

The crimes that increased, according to the SAIRR analysis are rape (1,6%), indecent assault (106%), aggravating robbery (16,8%) and drug related crimes (72,4%)."

Morehead's Musings

Morehead's Musings: "I recently became aware of a new scholarly translation of the infamous Malleus Maleficarum by Dr. Christopher Mackay of the University of Alberta."

西儒 ─ The Western Confucian: The Ubiquitous and Offensive Darwin Fish

西儒 ─ The Western Confucian: The Ubiquitous and Offensive Darwin Fish

Journeys In Between: Missional Resources for Christian Engagement with New Religions and Irreligious Spiritualities

Journeys In Between: Missional Resources for Christian Engagement with New Religions and Irreligious Spiritualities

A conservative blog for peace

A conservative blog for peace: "Can we be as precise as to say [the Crucifixion happened at] 3pm, the Jewish “ninth hour”? Four years ago, a pair of astronomers claimed to have scientifically verified this. Their computer programme looking at star activity between 26AD and 35AD found the first full moon after the vernal equinox was registered on Friday 7 April AD 30 and Friday 3 April at 3pm on 33AD. The solar eclipse, described in the Bible, was only visible in Jerusalem on the latter date."

Ancient Christian defender: Expiation vs Propitiation

Ancient Christian defender: Expiation vs Propitiation

Quotes the Fathers' interpretations, and deals with substitutionary atonement.

Celtic Spirituality: Just what does it mean? [Thinking Faith - the online journal of the British Jesuits]

Celtic Spirituality: Just what does it mean? [Thinking Faith - the online journal of the British Jesuits]: "Ireland celebrates the Feast of St Patrick tomorrow (early, as it cannot be celebrated in Holy Week). But what would St Patrick - arguably the most famous Celtic saint - make of the practices and beliefs called 'Celtic Spirituality' today? Liam Tracey OSM examines whether the Celtic church was really anything like the romantic picture often painted of it."

March 19 Iraq War Blogswarm: Participate / Learn More About the Blogswarm Against the Iraq War

March 19 Iraq War Blogswarm: Participate / Learn More About the Blogswarm Against the Iraq War: "This blogswarm will promote blog postings opposing the war in Iraq and calling for a full withdrawal of foreign occupying forces in Iraq. Five years of an illegal and catastrophic war is five years too many. On the March 19 anniversary of the conquest of Iraq by the Bush Administration, there needs to be a loud volume of voices countering the pro-war propaganda from far too many politicians and corporate media outlets."

Dion's random ramblings

Dion's random ramblings: "Today, however, I want to recommend a tool for students and scholars of the Bible that will help to deepen and enliven the content of your presentations or sermons. The tool is called 'The resurgence Greek project'. It is one of the very best free Biblical Greek resources available on the internet!"

Consortiumnews.com

Consortiumnews.com: "The Army officer in charge of the interrogation/torture operation at Abu Ghraib in late 2003 is being court-martialed. My first thought was: Finally an officer is being held accountable. In view of the repeated rebuff to my own attempts to stop the torture and identify those responsible, however, you will perhaps excuse my skepticism that justice will be done."

Hippie Christian: Should We Go Back To The Communes?

Hippie Christian: Should We Go Back To The Communes?: "I am not suggesting that we all live in a 60's style commune to be closer to the early faith communities. I'm talking about developing a stronger community that looks beyond the 'church' building, one that embraces the concept of a family of believers called out from a life of sin and joined together with a common purpose of building each other up and spreading the Gospel."

MaestroTimothy.com � Blog Archive � If it’s hip and trendy, they’re not interested

MaestroTimothy.com � Blog Archive � If it’s hip and trendy, they’re not interested: "Just what is hip has become nebulous in a digital age of microtrends, when a cultural blip goes from underground to overexposed in one season. Likewise, the original concept of hip as something outside the purview of the mainstream has been replaced by the hipstream: mainstream cool packaged by corporate marketing departments.

The inevitable backlash — not against the bohemian veritas but the sycophantic consumer of cool — is well underway."

The Ochlophobist: catharsis, sex, an aside concerning von Balthasar, the trivial nature of drama, the song of songs, usual ochlophobic topics, part V.

The Ochlophobist: catharsis, sex, an aside concerning von Balthasar, the trivial nature of drama, the song of songs, usual ochlophobic topics, part V.: "We live in the age of 'lifestyle centers.' Wiki says of these: 'A lifestyle center is a shopping center or mixed-used commercial development that combines the traditional retail functions of a shopping mall but with leisure amenities oriented towards upscale consumers.' The designation stems from developers located in Memphis, which might seem odd, but most certainly is not. There are also 'lifestyle coaches' and 'lifestyle managers' for the so inclined bourgeoisie.

We should note this combination of the words style and life. What is meant by style?"

Some Children Left Behind: The Revolution Will Be Televised (and Advertised)

Some Children Left Behind: The Revolution Will Be Televised (and Advertised): "It's interesting how the mainstream staples of society have begun to extinguish themselves. Oil companies are claiming to go Green. That's believable because I know that gasoline can never hurt the environment. It's not like it inherently will destroy the Ozone Layer or anything like that. Major car companies argue that it's very important for people to buy hip and cool cars from them BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT MAINSTREAM. It's officialy cool to be anti-societal and everybody ought to be a non-conformist in this Awesome Rebellion."

Philosophers' Playground: What is the difference between hip and cool?

Philosophers' Playground: What is the difference between hip and cool?: "An interesting conversation today that tried to distinguish between being hip and being cool. One could be utterly unhip, but a very cool person. To be hip, it was argued, requires being hip to something, it means being on the cutting edge, being more current than current. Being cool on the other hand, is something else. But what else? Is it an attitude? a disposition? an image?"

bits and bobbins � archives � deep questions: hip, cool freaks and geeks

bits and bobbins � archives � deep questions: hip, cool freaks and geeks: "when it comes to fashion/style, what is “hip?” what is “cool”?

does it even matter? is it important?

is to be a hipster the goal?

what’s a hipster anyway?

do hipsters create or follow?

is it easier to follow than to lead?

is it better to be hip, of the moment, or better to be oneself, whether that is “hip” or not?

is being oneself more acceptable these days? is freakishness and geekishness celebrated or scorned?"

TMcG: We are not so seperate after all..

TMcG: We are not so seperate after all..: "Just read a blog post by the Urban Monk on how he disagrees with the 'trend' of post-boomer Buddhists making Buddhism more palatable for the 'raised on' MTV/McDonald's/New Coke vs Old Coke brand of Buddhists."

Beside the Point: Christian Communes Are Back

Beside the Point: Christian Communes Are Back: "Having graduated high school in 1972, I was old enough to enjoy the long-distance fruit of the Jesus People Movement (including being a regular reader of the 'underground' Jesus People magazine), but I was just a bit too young to have a chance to experience any of the Christian communes that sprung up (although I met one member of one in Florida, who told me why it didn't work for him and others)."

Madisha and the Decline of the Left � The Shrieking Man

Madisha and the Decline of the Left � The Shrieking Man: "The removal of Willie Madisha, head of the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union, from his leadership position in the Congress of South African Trade Unions is extremely interesting. To understand it, however, a lot of context, as usual, is needed.

Back in 2006 the Treasurer-General of the SA Communist Party, Phillip Dexter, was called in to investigate corruption and mismanagement at the Mpumalanga Development Corporation. This might seem a little odd; why call in a Commie to handle such things? Because Dexter headed a Cape consultancy which claimed to be good at that sort of thing. This is because Dexter comes out of a trade union background, and the trade unions were the first organisations to latch on to corporate investment by political entities."

The Moon By Night

The Moon By Night: "I just started reading a fascinating new book called Planet Narnia. The author, Michael Ward, argues that the main organizing principle behind C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia is in fact the seven medieval planets--the 'seven heavens' of medieval cosmology. The book was actually sitting in my husband's office at--I went in for some trifle, idly picked it up, became engrossed, and just sat there reading it."

Beyond the Boerewors Curtain: Identity and white English South Africans

Beyond the Boerewors Curtain: Identity and white English South Africans: "What also interests me about Apartheid is the white English role. Most English people in SA seem unaware that the British concentration camps were responsible for the deaths of 26,000 Afrikaner women and children. This is not a legacy to be lightly skipped over, and one that ties directly into one of the most thorny issues for English South Africans: identity. Who are we? We're not British, although many of us hold British passports (or can get ancestral visas, or flee to the UK when we get the chance). We're not Afrikaans, so therefore we're not responsible for Apartheid (so I've heard from many English people). 'Apartheid was something which the Afrikaners were responsible for, not us. We had no say. In all levels of government the only people who were employed were Afrikaans.' So we withdrew from the public sphere and happily existed in the neutral space between oppression and oppressed, mirroring the behaviour of everyone else."

Do you store your passwords using Firefox? � Technofriends

Do you store your passwords using Firefox? � Technofriends

Andy's Blog: Take some of the mousing out of Microsoft Word

Andy's Blog: Take some of the mousing out of Microsoft Word: "I decided to write some macros to make Microsoft Word operate more like good old XyWrite, which had a key that took you to a command line where you could enter short commands for every function."

(xy)write it! has been released - RailsOnWave Ruby on Rails web 2.0 Ajax

(xy)write it! has been released - RailsOnWave Ruby on Rails web 2.0 Ajax: "(xy)write makes easy writing, sharing and collaborating on a document. It helps your team agree about what to do, wherever they are. It helps you to share a meeting report or a contract with a customer. And it makes sure that if someone changes the document, you’ll be notified via email by the system. You can invite people to collaborate with you in seconds simply having their email addresses."

Dennis: Learning Unix

Dennis: Learning Unix: "My intention is to install XyWrite on my new Linux machine, using DOSbox or DOSemu. That way I can go on using it for the rest of my days. I shall also be able to mainline on EMACS, and need never fear the whims of commercial producers of operating systems. Good or what?"

They've verbed guilt!

The American Spectator: "The Evangelical Left is again trying to guilt U.S. Evangelicals out of their traditional pro-Israel stance. The latest blast came from the Rev. Rich Nathan of the 6,500 member charismatic Vineyard Church of Columbus, Ohio."

stii.za.net � Blog Archive � Tired of Facebook app requests already? No Problemo

stii.za.net � Blog Archive � Tired of Facebook app requests already? No Problemo

11 Power Tips for Gmail

11 Power Tips for Gmail

Literary Review of Canada Online - In the Garden with the Guru

Literary Review of Canada Online - In the Garden with the Guru: "In the Garden with the Guru

Adventures with Marshall McLuhan

AN ESSAY
by Bob Rodgers"

Mike in Nantes: Some thoughts on my year in africa

Mike in Nantes: Some thoughts on my year in africa: "I set off in search of a phenomenon. I wanted to witness, observe, explore and participate in the living theology in “African” Christianity. Grasping at the literature available, I assembled my categories from the surface level aspects of liturgy to the seemingly burgeoning African Christology, which promises a more fundamental shift in Christianity. What began to happen over the year, however, is that the parts became a whole. Piece by piece, I began to understand the limits of my own categories, as inculturation, the subject of my research led me to medicine, education, justice, dialogue and prayer. These were not simply pieces of the puzzle, to be “Africanized”; they were intermeshed interdependent aspects of an experience that is betwixt and between identities. Moreover, as the year progressed, I found this same seamless fabric working in my life, often more in my failures than my successes, as the gap of objectivity that I placed between myself and my work instigated my own brokenness; a sign I took to be of a failure to integrate the parts into whole in my own life."

Bill Clinton and George Bush

I don't agree with this guy's politics,. but he seems to have Bush and Clinton pegged.

Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture | Your Home for Traditional Conservatism � The Way We Are Now—Facts That Just Won’t Sink In: "What is the difference between President Clinton and President Bush? Clinton was a liar and incapable of shame. Bush is a liar, incapable of shame, and dangerously ignorant, incompetent, and irresponsible.

What is the difference between Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney? Mitt has better hair.

The media, the punditry, and a large part of the public seem unable to perceive bad character and incompetence in our leaders. Or maybe it just doesn’t matter any more."

Andrew Olmsted

Major Andrew Olmsted blogged from Iraq. This is his final, posthumous, post.

Kenyan Pundit

A good blog for keeping up with the crisis in Kenya


Kenyan Pundit: "-Speaking of documenting truth, it also occurs to me that we have no reliable figures of the real death tolls on the ground. Perhaps we can begin to collect information from organizations and individuals on the ground e.g. red cross, hospitals, etc. and start to build a tally online, preferably with names. Most of the people losing their lives will remain nameless, and it might be worthwhile to at least change that. Any volunteers/ideas?"

Legacy News: Free software to organize your digital pictures

Legacy News: Free software to organize your digital pictures

Notes from a Common-place Book: Remember the Balkans?

Notes from a Common-place Book: Remember the Balkans?

Old Believers

Going Along: Closing This Topic Off: "First things first: The Old Believers were right. The historical studies inaugurated in Russia during the nineteenth century and—in some sense—“completed” in Paul Meyendorff’s Russia, Ritual, and Reform presents the reality that with respect to the criticisms of praxis forwarded by the Old Believers, they had more than ample ground to stand on. The three-finger Sign of the Cross became normative in the Byzantine East between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries; the Slavonic liturgical texts, though lacking in uniformity, represent older practices than those enshrined by the Greeks in their seventeenth-century printed texts; the orthographical alterations in Slavonic were, by and large, unnecessary and contributed nothing significant to the liturgical texts themselves"

Mere Theology

Mere Theology: "The Company They Keep I have just finished reading The Company They Keep by Diana Pavlac Glyer. This is the definitive treatment to date of the literary group known as the Inklings--that group of writers and friends who gathered around C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien beginning in the 1920's and 30's in Oxford, England and continuing on, in some fashion, until Lewis's death in 1963. Glyer is professor of English at Azusa Pacific University in California, having received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Therefore, as one might expect, this is an academic book reflecting the highest level of scholarship. The chapter endnotes are a feast in and of themselves for every reader fascinated not only with the Inklings but every reader intrigued by the study of literary influence and how writers can positively effect one another and the world when they work together in community."

Defend Life: Updated: Evaluation of 2008 Presidential Candidates Against US Bishops' Criteria

Defend Life: Updated: Evaluation of 2008 Presidential Candidates Against US Bishops' Criteria: "Here is how the candidates fared (revised 11/21): 1. Ron Paul (R): 99 points 2. Alan Keyes (R): 70 (not on the ballot in all states) 3. Mike Huckabee (R): 69 4. Duncan Hunter (R): 50 5. Tom Tancredo (R): 48 6. John McCain (R): 36 7. Chris Dodd (D): 25 8. Dennis Kucinich (D): 22 9. Mitt Romney (R): 10 10. Joe Biden (D): 5 11. Fred Thompson (R): 4 12. Hillary Clinton (D): (-11) 13. John Edwards (D): (-13) 14. Bill Richardson (D): (-15) 15. Barack Obama (D): (-15) 16. Rudy Giuliani (R): (-28) I"

Business Report - SA's richest 1% earn R300bn a year

Business Report - SA's richest 1% earn R300bn a year: "SA's richest 1% earn R300bn a year November 11, 2007 This is according to a research study published by the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) at the University of South Africa, which looked at an integrated model of the population, labour market and income and expenditure. There are 45 142 African people in the rich category and their combined income amounts to R22 billion. Of these, 8 201 are women. Whites still lead the ranks of the wealthy, with 229 076 of them earning R181 billion on an annual income of R500 000 a year each. "

The Ochlophobist: real ecumenicic, augustinomianisms, there's no such thing as the wicked witch of the west, or, we are all the wicked witch of the we

The Ochlophobist: real ecumenicic, augustinomianisms, there's no such thing as the wicked witch of the west, or, we are all the wicked witch of the west, etc., part 2.

The Continuum: English, how she should be spoken

The Continuum: English, how she should be spoken

Sex, gender and ordination of women

Notes from underground: Christianity, paganism and literature (synchroblog)

Notes from underground: Christianity, paganism and literature (synchroblog)

Link notes

ZAR: How the CIA defeated Apartheid & placed the ANC

ZAR: How the CIA defeated Apartheid & placed the ANC

Confuses the Liberal Party with the Democratic Party

Death and the Maiden: The Torturer Speaks

Death and the Maiden: The Torturer Speaks

Quotes Petru Dumitriu's novel Incognito.

Notes from underground: Descent into hell -- Coinherence and substitution

Notes from underground: Descent into hell -- Coinherence and substitution

Once again, I have to save a post in order to ed it it, because "link to this post in Blogger is broken.

Notes from underground: Courageous COWARDism: What would you do...?

Notes from underground: Courageous COWARDism: What would you do...?

Didn't really mean to post here, since it's in my main blog, but the "Edit HTML" on the "Links to this post" thing didn't seem to be working, so I posted it here to be able to edit it.

I wonder how long it will take to fix THAT bug in Blogger Bete -- it's been 9 months since it was made compulsory, and most of the features that didn't work then still don't work now.

Antioch Abouna: Seeing What's Really There

Antioch Abouna: Seeing What's Really There

Sober Joy: THE SPIRIT DESCENDS

Sober Joy: THE SPIRIT DESCENDS

izzonline: Best dressed Nigerians hated by South Africans

izzonline: Best dressed Nigerians hated by South Africans

angel's mind: Insurance VS Christianity.

angel's mind: Insurance VS Christianity.

Not being fed?

Here's a belief system that meets your needs right away.

another history blog: Me, a "thinking blogger"?

Thought I'd trace the genealogy of my "thinking blogger" award, and this is as far as I got. another history blog: Me, a "thinking blogger"?

A conservative blog for peace

Christian jihad.

A conservative blog for peace

Balkanistan: Young Albanians reject Serb friendship

Balkanistan: Young Albanians reject Serb friendship

mhambi: Rider Haggart and why the British love to hate Afrikaners

mhambi: Rider Haggart and why the British love to hate Afrikaners

Coming to the Quiet: Apotaktikoi: The City Monks

Coming to the Quiet: Apotaktikoi: The City Monks

Blog Meridian: In which the Meridian loathes Kinkade and gets religion without knowing it

Blog Meridian: In which the Meridian loathes Kinkade and gets religion without knowing it

Kinkade is apparently a US artist who paints kitsch, and stole Turner's epithet. This is a theological argument saying that his work is not just bad, but evil.

GodWordThink: Promise Keepers

GodWordThink: Promise Keepers

GodWordThink: Evangelicals?

GodWordThink: Evangelicals?

Notes from underground: Mugabe, Verwoerd and Human Rights Day

Notes from underground: Mugabe, Verwoerd and Human Rights Day

Notes from underground: Sex, soccer and celebs

Notes from underground: Sex, soccer and celebs

I'm just testing the "Link this" function in Blogger Beta, to see if it works, and if so, what it does.

Intelligent design a heresy

Elizaphanian notes that "Those who argue that Intelligent Design is Christian do not know what they are talking about. Intelligent Design is a heresy, a blasphemy, a denial of the living God."

Social bookmarking and academic research

A very useful article on social bookmarking and academic research -- the use of sites like del-icio.us and others.

Don To Earth: It Bothers Me That I Have To Go

Don To Earth: It Bothers Me That I Have To Go

How ready are we to shuffle off this mortal coil?

Ripplefxs.....what have you done to make the world a better place today?: Off to spend three weeks in the land of the Maasai, Lake Victoria, the Great

Ripplefxs.....what have you done to make the world a better place today?: Off to spend three weeks in the land of the Maasai, Lake Victoria, the Great Rift Valley and the 2007 World Social Forum! Packing for Kenya.

Lest we forget -- the US support of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans

Postman Patel's blog gives a salturary reminder that the US Democratic Party's record on warmongering is no better than that of the US republicans, and it doesn't matter which party is elected, there will always be a warmonger in the White House.