PinnedMemory, Loss, Blood Libel: A Response to Arthur J. Dewey’s “Inventing the Passion”A Twitter exchange with the Westar Institute (home of The Jesus Seminar) prompted an attempt to flesh out the connection with the metaphor of memorializing Jesus’ death, interpreting Jesus’ death, and memorializing and finding meaning in the half million COVID deaths in the United States. In his book, Inventing the…Holy Week7 min read
Jun 6, 2020Archetype of Oppression What May Have Triggered Nationwide Outrage At LastArchetype of Oppression What May Have Triggered Nationwide Outrage At Last Since humans began illustrating their lives, the vision of the conqueror’s foot on the neck of the enemy has been iconic. From the Old Testament (Joshua 10:24; Psalm 18) to the Emperor Hadrian, it is an archetypal image common…Archetypes3 min read
May 30, 2020Harry Potter and the Death of DemocracyHarry Potter and the Death of Democracy “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is a phrase used in an interview by Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, and multi-billionaire CEO of Amazon. Democracy indeed dies in the profound darkness of economic inequality and social injustice — both of which are the…Harry Potter Analysis8 min read
Jun 28, 2019AG Barr & “the Banality of Evil”: Crimes Against Humanity Part OneHannah Arendt (1906–1975) has been quoted fairly frequently over the past three years since the launching of the Trump presidency. Her articles in The New Yorker and her book on the conduct of the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem in 1961 have been pointed to as illustrative of some of the…Politics8 min read
