by cutsinger | Aug 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Like you, I start my fall teaching the week after next. Two courses, as usual: Christian Theology, one of my regular offerings in the Religious Studies department, and a seminar in the University’s Honors College on the...
by cutsinger | Aug 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
You expressed your surprise, vis-à-vis my post on “A Thomistic Preparatio”, that Schuon would “place Thomas Aquinas at the top of his recommendation list” for Christian esotericists. You’re surprised because you’ve “yet to...
by cutsinger | Jul 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
I agree that what you say in your article concerning the Koranic refutation of a Trinity consisting of God, Jesus, and Mary (5:72-75), on the one hand, and of a purely biological or carnal understanding of Christ as God’s “Son” (112:4 passim), on the...
by cutsinger | Jul 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
I find the article you sent me an exceptionally interesting piece. It’s the best apologia you’ve yet provided for your own modus operandi, which is to remain spiritually engaged with the news of the day. I do wonder, though: is it really only monks who may...
by cutsinger | Jun 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
You ask about art, specifically Christian art—more specifically yet, about the differences between traditional and modern forms of such art. Are you familiar with The Saint John’s Bible? Commissioned in 1999 by the Benedictines of Saint John’s Abbey...
by cutsinger | Jun 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I agree wholeheartedly with what you say about the dangers of ecumenism. Though I’m on record as an “esoteric ecumenist”, I always try to make it quite clear in my writings that I remain opposed to most forms of contemporary interfaith dialogue, not...
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