I thoroughly enjoyed all of your conversations with David. It's a real shame he had to stop writing his blog (newsletter, substack). I was delighted to see recently that you plan to have a conversation with Iain McGilchrist. I wonder if you'd ever consider having a chat with Bernado Kastrup, a modern day ambassador for Idealism? His books are excellent.
One of my favorite parts is the funny Hawaiian pizza moment. That reminds me of when I lived in Denton, TX for the first time somewhere around 1995 or '96. There was cool place called The Flying Tomato and their pizza was spectacularly good. I tried one of their pizza by the slice/ham and pineapple options (I don't eat pork anymore these days, but not so much due to that particular memory). Needless to say, I was fully disappointed with the results. Some years earlier, I was given a slice of pizza loaded with anchovies (prepared specifically for me from my so called friends). Had I'd been acclimated to salty fish prior to that engagement, I might have enjoyed it more. I suppose that's why they call it the element of surprise (?) I don't know why I went off on that so much. Further precious seconds of our lives we'll never get back!
I think the 21th century apart from the mainstream has created some of the most interesting developments. Artists like Animals as Leaders, Dream Theater, Plini or Hyperpop-artists like SOPHIE (R.I.P.) and Dorian Electra are insanely creative, technically proficient and very unique. The problem is only diversification in a sense. There are so many genres and subgenres. This leads to the case that the mainstream gets reduced to an more and more shrinking common denominator (even tho artists like Kendrick Lamar exist who doesn't need to fear the comparision to any legend of the 20th century in my (correct) opinion)
Hi David, I will in the near future be sharing my theology of religious diversity with my church's (St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Nashville) "Theology on Tap" group, in which your and Addison's thought plays a significant part. One idea i have found helpful from you recently is your critique the language of "religions," as if various religious traditions (xianity, buddhism, hinduism, etc) are like nation-states warring for territory and, rather, talking about religion as a common human virtue cultivated in better or worse ways in various religious traditions which, through history are often having mutually enriching conversations with one another. Bill Cavanaugh and Graham Ward have some helpful material on this but I was wondering if you could point me to primary and (contemporary) secondary materials/writers on this front or places you deal with this in some depth? Sorry to ask here but it seems you read these posts and so I thought it may be easiest to reach you here. Thanks for any guidance you have to offer.
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I thoroughly enjoyed all of your conversations with David. It's a real shame he had to stop writing his blog (newsletter, substack).
I was delighted to see recently that you plan to have a conversation with Iain McGilchrist. I wonder if you'd ever consider having a chat with Bernado Kastrup, a modern day ambassador for Idealism? His books are excellent.
One of my favorite parts is the funny Hawaiian pizza moment.
That reminds me of when I lived in Denton, TX for the first time somewhere around 1995 or '96. There was cool place called The Flying Tomato and their pizza was spectacularly good. I tried one of their pizza by the slice/ham and pineapple options (I don't eat pork anymore these days, but not so much due to that particular memory). Needless to say, I was fully disappointed with the results. Some years earlier, I was given a slice of pizza loaded with anchovies (prepared specifically for me from my so called friends). Had I'd been acclimated to salty fish prior to that engagement, I might have enjoyed it more. I suppose that's why they call it the element of surprise (?) I don't know why I went off on that so much. Further precious seconds of our lives we'll never get back!
I think the 21th century apart from the mainstream has created some of the most interesting developments. Artists like Animals as Leaders, Dream Theater, Plini or Hyperpop-artists like SOPHIE (R.I.P.) and Dorian Electra are insanely creative, technically proficient and very unique. The problem is only diversification in a sense. There are so many genres and subgenres. This leads to the case that the mainstream gets reduced to an more and more shrinking common denominator (even tho artists like Kendrick Lamar exist who doesn't need to fear the comparision to any legend of the 20th century in my (correct) opinion)
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Hi David, I will in the near future be sharing my theology of religious diversity with my church's (St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Nashville) "Theology on Tap" group, in which your and Addison's thought plays a significant part. One idea i have found helpful from you recently is your critique the language of "religions," as if various religious traditions (xianity, buddhism, hinduism, etc) are like nation-states warring for territory and, rather, talking about religion as a common human virtue cultivated in better or worse ways in various religious traditions which, through history are often having mutually enriching conversations with one another. Bill Cavanaugh and Graham Ward have some helpful material on this but I was wondering if you could point me to primary and (contemporary) secondary materials/writers on this front or places you deal with this in some depth? Sorry to ask here but it seems you read these posts and so I thought it may be easiest to reach you here. Thanks for any guidance you have to offer.
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