Monday, December 31, 2018

Review: Solomon Among the Postmoderns

Solomon Among the Postmoderns Solomon Among the Postmoderns by Peter J. Leithart
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Takes a while to ſtart, wiþ a long & ſympaþetic expoſition of what is (& is not) poſtmoderniſm), & only comes to its own in ðe laſt few pages, when it fully brings Solomon’s wiſdom to bear witneß unto poſtmoderns; yet more ðan worþ its while.

On a ſecond readiŋ, for tranſlation, looſes a bit of it ſtrengþ due to me haviŋ already read Carſon’s duo ‘Chriſt & culture reviſited’ & ‘Ðe intolerance of tolerance’, which ſeriouſly deflates Poſtmoderniſm.

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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Review: Mysticisme d’hier & d’aujourd’hui

Mysticisme d’hier & d’aujourd’hui Mysticisme d’hier & d’aujourd’hui by Jean-Marc Berthoud
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Toujours un plaiſir lire Jean-Marc Berþoud, ici en tant que partenaire d’écrite avec ſon épouſe Rose-Marie. Le ſujet n’eſt pas facile ni agréable, pourtant c’eſt indiſpenſable pour l’église d’hui.

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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Review: L'ordre du discours. Leçon inaugurale au Collège de France prononcée le 2 décembre 1970

L'ordre du discours. Leçon inaugurale au Collège de France prononcée le 2 décembre 1970 L'ordre du discours. Leçon inaugurale au Collège de France prononcée le 2 décembre 1970 by Michel Foucault
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

Je devra relire — trop obſcure pour moi, & je n’ai pas eu le loiſir toutes les références.

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Review: The Intolerance of Tolerance

The Intolerance of Tolerance The Intolerance of Tolerance by D.A. Carson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Ðere is ſomeþiŋ about Carſon’s writiŋ ſtyle ðat irks me — perhaps he is a little itſy bitſy too didactical, wiþ quite a few references to former or furðer parts of the ſame books, perhaps a lack of confidence in his articulation of ideas ðat makes he explain a bit too much.

But ðere is no complainiŋ about his ideas nor about his competence to defend ðem. His command of French enables him to ſee what oðer anglophone writers do not — for inſtance, he handly deflates KA Smiþ and oðers’ infatuation wiþ Postmoderniſm, even makiŋ criticiſm of it ſuch as ðe Wilſons’ ſeem like kickiŋ dead dogs, as we ſay in Brazil.

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