BBC Radio Documentary on Christianity in China
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Film and TV,
Life Observations,
Network Culture I've been writing on the nature of the codex lately, and came across an interesting article in this month's Atlantic which spurred a series of cultural connections on the new Kindle, iPad and BBC series Sherlock that I thought I'd jot down here.
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Political Life "In Case of Emergency: What Not to Do" is an interesting summary of major corporate missteps of the past few years. Interesting not only because it briefly records the catastrophes of BP, Goldman Sachs and Toyota, but because its summary is guided by the management of spin. It's written as if the spin of a corporate crime is equally or more important than the actual crime itself. Quite simply, the article's message echos from kindergarten: If you screw up, no matter how big and powerful you are, the best policy is to fess-up as quickly as possible and do your best to make it right. The problem? This is no easier said than done. http://nyti.ms/aB5Brk
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Karl Barth,
Martin Heidegger,
Philosophy
Although my book's been out with SCM Press for the past month now in the United Kingdom, it has also just been made available in a more affordable paperback edition for the United States market by Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf & Stock publishers.
Click here for further info from Wipf & Stock's website.
'Tim Stanley's book is a bold step towards thinking Barth differently. Controversial to those who consider Barth's theology as a dismissal of metaphysics, this book has affinities with the project the Finnish School are engaged in with respect to Martin Luther. It heralds a reappraisal of the relationship between Protestantism and metaphysics crucial to ecumenical dialogue today, and it lays the foundation for a new conception of Protestant ecclesiology. Tim Stanley is another young theologian to watch.'
Graham Ward, Head of the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, University of Manchester.
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Life Observations Apropos our travails on the Paris metro, my wife pointed me to this hilarious little story in Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot this weekend:
It’s a stupid story and can be told in two words,’ began the general complacently. ‘Two years ago – yes, nearly two, just after the opening of the new X. railway – I was already in civilian dress then and busy about an affair of great importance in connection with my giving up the service. I took a first-class ticket, went in, sat down and began to smoke. Or rather I went on smoking; I had lighted my cigar before. I was alone in the compartment. Smoking was not prohibited, nor was it allowed; it was sort of half allowed, as it usually is. Of course it depends on the person. The window was down. Just before the whistle sounded, two ladies with a lap-dog seated themselves just opposite me. They were late. One of them was dressed in gorgeous style in light blue; the other more soberly in black silk with a cape. They were nice-looking, had a disdainful air, and talked English. I took no notice, of course, and went on smoking.
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Travel Checklist for a weekend in Paris:
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