Philocrites' scrapbook

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7/31/2003 10:21:43 AM
Our first globalist? Review of Emerson by Lawrence Buell. Rex Roberts. Washington Times 7.13.03.

 
7/30/2003 03:42:37 PM
Latter-day sinners. "Three new books -- including Jon Krakauer's latest -- take a look at some dark moments in the history of Mormonism and the violent effects of sexually rooted religious hysteria." Linda Miller. Salon 7.26.03 [premium; one-day free pass avail.]

 
7/29/2003 04:39:51 PM
Considering a new host: Catalog ... Hosting Matters ...

 
7/29/2003 02:21:09 PM
Links to keep: Fagan Finder, comprehensive search platform ...

 
7/28/2003 03:35:56 PM
Therapeutic horseback riding. Rachel Gotbaum. WBUR FM-90 7.24.03. [RealAudio]

 
7/28/2003 02:57:15 PM
New encyclopedia gives cool-hunters a road map for ads. Edward Rothstein. New York Times 7.19.03. (Thanks, A&L Daily!)

 
7/24/2003 11:21:56 AM
Yet more Unitarian Universalist blogs! Presidents Talk by Lynda Shannon Bluestein, president of the UUA's Metro New York District ... Rick's Rants by a computer technician and YRUU advisor ... Sheldon Bennett's Sabbatical by the minister of the United First Parish in Quincy, Mass. ... Another Heretic in the Seminary by Brite Divinity School student Eric Posa ...

Former Unitarian Universalist blogs! Magdalen News by a UU-turned-Episcopalian, just graduated from seminary; check out her links to other seminarian blogs!

 
7/24/2003 10:46:35 AM
Faith-based intelligence. "It's impossible to be indifferent to the prospect that intelligence has been manipulated, forged, or bullied into shape." David Remnick. New Yorker 7.28.03.
Cheney wraps his glutes in the flag. "Cheney and his chief of staff, Lewis Libby, are suspected of being the Phantom Bigfeet who insisted that the erroneous reference to Saddam's African safari for uranium yellowcake be put into President Bush's State of the Union address." Timothy Noah. Slate 7.24.03.

 
7/23/2003 05:03:47 PM
Gang Green. "The Democrats can cure their Ralph Nader problem by attacking him — immediately and ferociously." Michael Tomasky. The American Prospect Online 7.23.03.
Bitter pill. "Howard Dean's attacks on Beltway Democrats are unfair. And, if heeded, they'll bury the party for a generation." Jonathan Chait. New Republic 7.28.03 (sub req'd).
Good doctor. "The case against the case against Howard Dean." Jonathan Cohn. New Republic 7.28.03 (sub req'd).

 
7/19/2003 11:17:02 PM
Blogs to watch. Too Much Text ...

 
7/13/2003 07:38:58 PM
Liberal religion blogs: A Religious Liberal Blog ... The Religous Left

 
7/9/2003 02:29:33 AM
More Unitarian Universalist blogs. Radical Hapa by Joseph Lyons, an organizer and social activist in the UUA's young adult/campus ministry office ... Noticias Unitarias Universalistas by Jaume de Marcos of the Sociedad Unitaria Universalista de España in Barcelona, a Spanish-language site (and damned Tripod pop-ups!) ... apulrang by Andrew Pulrang, executive director of a nonprofit disability and advocacy organization in Plattsburgh, Ohio ... About as Funny as Income Tax, a mostly Danish blog by Ole Anderson.

Curious how religious seekers experience Unitarian Universalist worship? Here's one comparative sample.

And here's a theme worth blogging about: The religious left, a blog from Ohio inspired by "Do the Democrats have a prayer?" in the Washington Monthly.

 
7/7/2003 11:14:37 AM
Unitarian Universalists converge for 200th anniversary. "At the 200th anniversary of their renegade hero's birth, Unitarian Universalists held their largest-ever gathering in Boston from June 26-30 in a heady convention that painted a mixed outlook for the future of liberal religion." G. Jeffrey Macdonald. Religion News Service [Contra Costa Times] 7.4.03.
Group argues that a relationship can add up to more than two. "The Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness, an organization formed three years ago that claims about 72 members across the nation, recently held an informational workshop at the 42nd General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association." Martin Finucane. Associated Press [Salt Lake Tribune] 7.5.03.

 
7/7/2003 11:10:55 AM
Sorry, fresh out of weapons. Would you like another Vietnam instead? Brad Odland ["is a concerned citizen and Unitarian Universalist in Waukesha, Wisconsin"]. Democratic Underground 7.5.03.
Liberals feeling betrayed by Schiff. "Opposition to military intervention galvanized liberal activists across the nation in a way not seen since the Vietnam War. Locally, [Rep. Adam] Schiff was excoriated by a peace coalition, many of whom still find it hard to forgive him.... Much of the opposition comes from members of Pasadena's most progressive churches: Grace United, All Saints and Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist." Gary Scott. Pasadena Star News 7.4.03.
There's something happening here. "A grassroots surge against anti-terrorist measures like the USA PATRIOT Act has come alive on the North Shore — and allied bizarre bipartisan bedfellows.... The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, possessing a strong North Shore presence via the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn in Swampscott, has declared the PATRIOT Act a Study/Action Issue for the 2003 General Assembly in Boston later this month [sic]. Even Rotarians, traditionally a bastion of small-business conservatism, are endeavoring to raise organizational awareness: The Beverly Rotary Club welcomed a speaker on USA PATRIOT just last month." Chad Konecky. Wakefield Observer 7.1.03.

 
7/7/2003 10:35:08 AM
Sacred stories. Across, Beyond, Through 7.3.03.
Missing religion. Matthew Gatheringwater 6.27.03.
Flag waving. Matthew Gatheringwater 7.4.03.
Theological coherence. Will Shetterly 7.3.03.
Oh my, irony! "The irony that I am interested in is lifestyle irony. It's what Nicholas of Cusa called coincidentia oppositorum -- that is, a 'co-incident of opposites' -- or what Jim Fowler calls conjuctive faith." My Irony 7.1.03.

 
7/6/2003 02:04:44 PM
This is your brain on PowerPoint. Clive Thompson. Boston Globe 7.6.03.

 
7/4/2003 08:56:51 PM
The 50 best magazines. Chicago Tribune 6.12.03. (Thanks, Rebecca!)

 
7/3/2003 04:15:34 PM
Abolish marriage. "Let's really get the government out of our bedrooms." Michael Kinsley. Slate 7.2.03.

 
7/3/2003 03:38:52 PM
It's a wrap for all eternity. "A Utahan says he has convinced 1,400 people to become mummies in the afterlife. But he's still waiting for one of his customers to die." David Kelly. Los Angeles Times 6.21.03. (reg req'd)

 
7/1/2003 04:41:30 PM
Not that there's anything unconstitutional about that. "[C]ould Anthony Scalia be any gayer? Why isn't he posting in the Corner -- he's that gay." The Antic Muse 6.29.03.