by cutsinger | Mar 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
No, I never supposed you were a perennialist, your curiosity and somewhat sympathetic ruminations notwithstanding, or not at least in the sense that the Schuonian uses the term. I agree, and have acknowledged the fact in my writings, that most Christians historically...
by cutsinger | Mar 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
You ask about the had?th that “marriage is half the religion”. As a Muslim, you obviously know much better than I how your tradition interprets this axiom. But since you’ve asked, I’ll risk a suggestion or two. If religion consists in our...
by cutsinger | Mar 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
Creatio ex nihilo praeter deum is not a formulation that can be traced—or not at least one I have traced—to a specific traditional source. I use that phrase in my theology class as a way of expressing, elliptically no doubt, at least something of what C....
by cutsinger | Mar 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m gratified to hear that you’ve been able to extract from your academic studies some useful spiritual guidance. What’s the point otherwise of a religion major? You should be thankful that there are professors at your university who, even if they do...
by cutsinger | Mar 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
I would reassure you first that you’re not alone. I receive messages with some frequency from Orthodox, both clergy and laity, who are deeply interested in the perennialist school but who feel they can’t really talk about it with their priests or...
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