The New PantagruelA Quarterly Journal of Riot & MisruleA Review of Roman Catholic Political Philosophy by James Schall, S.J.- May 30, 2006 Review of Roman Catholic Political Philosophy, by Fr. James Schall. Published by Lexington Books. Hdbk, 209 pgs., index, bibliography, notes. ISBN: 0-7391-07745-3 "The Devil seeks two things: first, to rob the Christian of his Joy, and second, to rob God of the worship due him." --Martha H. Cheeks, in conversation, March 14, 2006http://www.newpantagruel.com/2006/05/roman_catholic.php Return from Bohemia: Grant Wood and the Promise of American Regionalism- May 16, 2006 This is an excerpt of chapter three in Bill Kauffman's book, Look Homeward, America: In Search of Reactionary Radicals and Front-Porch Anarchists. America, turn in and find yourself. --Paul Englehttp://www.newpantagruel.com/2006/05/return_from_boh.php Psychological Man: Eros and Ambition in Democratic Desire- May 1, 2006 In early June 2006, ISI Books is publishing a reissue of Philip Rieff's Triumph of the Therapeutic. This will mark the 40th anniversary of the book's 1966 release. An introduction is included by E. Lasch-Quinn, and there are two critical essays to be included, one by Wilfred McClay, and the following essay by Steven Gardner. Although Freud denied the divine, he did not deny his own divine capacity---to theorize. Before theorizing was distinguished from theologizing, to theorize was considered..http://www.newpantagruel.com/2006/05/psychological_m.php The Early Syriac Poets and Cognitive Science- May 1, 2006 A Look at Their Surprisingly Similar Views on MindBody Unity and Metaphor "Who hath known the mind of the Lord" the apostle asks; and I ask further, who has understood his own mind Let those tell us who consider the nature of God to be within their comprehension, whether they understand themselves -- if they know the nature of their own mind. -- Gregory of Nyssa, from "On the Making of Man"http://www.newpantagruel.com/2006/05/the_early_syria.php |