Further to my favourable review of Stephen Prothero’s American Jesus, it might be useful to consider how the “American Jesus” came to be. The idea of the Lord as a […]
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Category: Reviews
“American Jesus,” A Book Review
American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon, Stephen Prothero; Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York, 2003 (364 pp., including index) In one of several enlightening passages, […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Queen’s Tragedy”
Robert Hugh Benson, The Queen’s Tragedy, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London, 1906 (382 pages) This much under-rated novel, was written just after The King’s Achievement. It is basically a […]
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Carson’s “Exegetical Fallacies,” (Third and final part)
Perhaps the most important chapter in the book is this one: “Logical Fallacies.” The first error is “false disjunctions.” For example, someone said that where St Matthew follows St Mark […]
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Review of “Exegetical Fallacies,” D.A. Carson, Pt II
We have almost finished chapter 2, on word-fallacies. Carson’s treatment of what I would call the mystical language of St John’s Gospel is worth reading, when one wants to study […]
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Review, Exegetical Fallacies, D. A. Carson
Exegetical Fallacies, 2nd edition, D(onald) A(rthur) Carson, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1996 (142 pp. + indices) “Exegesis” is the interpretation and explanation of something. It is very often used […]
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St J.H. Newman, “The Protestant Idea of Antichrist” (second and final part)
The Protestant Idea of Antichrist, in Essays Critical and Historical (two volumes), St J.H. Newman, vol. II, pp.133-223, written in October 1840. Part II St John Henry Newman opens his review […]
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St John Henry Newman reviewing “The Protestant Idea of Antichrist”
What or who is the Antichrist? What are the biblical prophecies about him? Is the Pope the Antichrist? Does it matter? I recently had the seriously joyful experience of receiving […]
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Why Freud Was Wrong: The Catholic Connection
I have almost finished reading the massive 650 page plus Why Freud Was Wrong, the masterpiece of the late Richard Webster. It is one of the best books I have […]
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Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s Spiritual Letters (Part IV)
Today we commence the Catholic letters from Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to One of his Converts (1915). First of all, as a preface […]
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