Comments on: Archbishop of Canterbury on Christians in the Middle East http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/ Catholic Anglican Reflections on Theology and Culture Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:36:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: A.D. http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-357 A.D. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:52:55 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-357 ok that sounds good. When do we start reading? First week of Advent? ok that sounds good. When do we start reading? First week of Advent?

]]> By: Janet Leslie Blumberg http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-355 Janet Leslie Blumberg Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:42:42 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-355 Oh good!! I'd love to have the two of you in on the discussion. (Besides, we let the Mother Theresa questions drop too soon here.) Davis, this novel is truly meant for you, as i now realize. In fact, I even mentioned the tragic dilemma we're in as Episcopalians in my invitation to read Endo, over at deepgraceoftheory.com. Oh good!! I’d love to have the two of you in on the discussion. (Besides, we let the Mother Theresa questions drop too soon here.)

Davis, this novel is truly meant for you, as i now realize. In fact, I even mentioned the tragic dilemma we’re in as Episcopalians in my invitation to read Endo, over at deepgraceoftheory.com.

]]> By: DWM http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-353 DWM Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:51:15 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-353 Janet, I think that's a great idea. Although I'm a rather bogged down with my own stuff at CUA (and there's also the work that pays the bills), I'll make every attempt to read Endo. Thanks Dan Janet, I think that’s a great idea. Although I’m a rather bogged down with my own stuff at CUA (and there’s also the work that pays the bills), I’ll make every attempt to read Endo.

Thanks
Dan

]]> By: Davis http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-352 Davis Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:36:12 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-352 Janet that sounds like what I need to read right now. This is no new tragedy here - just the on-going struggle of a humanity which cries out for Christ, yet we speak of polity... Janet that sounds like what I need to read right now.

This is no new tragedy here - just the on-going struggle of a humanity which cries out for Christ, yet we speak of polity…

]]> By: Janet Leslie Blumberg http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-351 Janet Leslie Blumberg Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:29:09 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-351 Besides, it's a gorgeous piece of work! "Spare and elegant." Besides, it’s a gorgeous piece of work! “Spare and elegant.”

]]> By: Janet Leslie Blumberg http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-350 Janet Leslie Blumberg Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:28:01 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/10/10/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-christians-in-the-middle-east/#comment-350 The best part of the whole interview may be that simple "No" at the end! While we're thinking about Christians and Muslims, I'd like to invite you guys and all your readers to consider reading Shusaku Endo's "Silence" this month. I have some readers interested in discussing it, come November, over at my blog. You're invited. Endo's masterpiece is about a 16th-century Christian missionary to Japan and the persecution he and his converts experience and a terrible choice that this priest must make. It's about the clash of cultures and it's about the meaning of Christ's death on the Cross. Endo was a devout Christian, and one who considered the Christian news in a very different cultural context of the East. If "Love Alone Is Credible," then what constitutes "love," something Episcopalians are being made to think a lot about right now. This novel disquieted many Christians, and rightly so, because it asks really, really hard questions. Best, Janet The best part of the whole interview may be that simple “No” at the end!
While we’re thinking about Christians and Muslims, I’d like to invite you guys and all your readers to consider reading Shusaku Endo’s “Silence” this month. I have some readers interested in discussing it, come November, over at my blog. You’re invited.
Endo’s masterpiece is about a 16th-century Christian missionary to Japan and the persecution he and his converts experience and a terrible choice that this priest must make. It’s about the clash of cultures and it’s about the meaning of Christ’s death on the Cross. Endo was a devout Christian, and one who considered the Christian news in a very different cultural context of the East. If “Love Alone Is Credible,” then what constitutes “love,” something Episcopalians are being made to think a lot about right now. This novel disquieted many Christians, and rightly so, because it asks really, really hard questions. Best, Janet

]]>