Tag Archives: Philosophy

Life on Mars and Religion

Posted on Thursday, 18 December, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Does the credibility of our Faith depend on there being no life anywhere other than the planet Earth? See Methane on Mars: does it mean the Curiosity rover has found life? Some of the comments ask this very question, and … Continue reading →

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The Three K’s

Posted on Friday, 1 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Jonathan Munn of our Diocese has just written Katholicism, Kripkean Dogmatism and ExKommunication. It is almost a case of telepathy as I was so tempted to react to a recent sanctimonious posting by Fr Zuhlsdorf on excommunication and hell. … Continue reading →

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Retroactive Truth

Posted on Saturday, 19 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just seen Fr Robert Hart’s new article – Round up the usual suspects. He and I haven’t always seen eye to eye between his attachment to the Prayer Book and the Thirty-Nine Articles and my “pre-Reformation” and “Gallican” … Continue reading →

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Harsh Judgement on Romanticism

Posted on Friday, 4 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My attention was drawn to this quite heavy philosophical piece – Carl Schmitt on Romanticism as a Form of Occasionalism, with a hat tip to David Sullivan who sometimes comments here. I won’t go into the philosophical details or try … Continue reading →

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Mankind Returns to Childhood

Posted on Tuesday, 18 March, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In my search for comparisons between Romanticism and Post-modernism, at least in terms of philosophy, I discovered this frightening article The Death of Postmodernism And Beyond. Alan Kirby says postmodernism is dead and buried. In its place comes a new … Continue reading →

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Mal du Siècle

Posted on Monday, 17 March, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I often ask myself why people around us often seem sad and bored, especially young people, and especially in Europe. One thing I have discovered when reading about Romanticism is how similar many aspects of our time are to the … Continue reading →

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Two Fine Articles by Fr Jonathan Munn

Posted on Friday, 21 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I always appreciate my brother in the priesthood Fr Jonathan Munn and his keen intellect. Here’s a couple of recent articles, just in case they have gone unnoticed. How I (fail to) understand Protestantism from 18th February Protestantism, like the … Continue reading →

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Retro 1950’s

Posted on Friday, 31 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is an interesting article with photos – The people who are STILL living like it’s 1951: Captivating portraits take a look inside America’s Rockabilly community. My hat tip goes to John Beeler for this link. History is characterised by … Continue reading →

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The World of the Hippies

Posted on Friday, 31 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Over the past few days, I have been reading bits and pieces about popular sub-cultures in the 1960’s and 70’s, from teddy boys to the rival gangs of Mods and Rockers in the 60’s. There are other sub-cultures today, usually … Continue reading →

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The Eschatological Quest

Posted on Saturday, 7 December, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I had not read Fr Jonathan Munn’s article Etymological Episcopalian Eschatology? when I wrote my piece this morning around the theme of monastic spirituality. We have already arrived at the second Sunday of Advent, well, almost. This “little Lent” is … Continue reading →

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