Blaise Pascal
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Pascal and Barbie on Diversion
I’ve been reading some of Pascal’s Pensées recently in preparation for some revisions to my Christian tradition class and was particularly struck by the way Pascal’s comments on the human condition mirror life in Barbieland in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (2023). Continue reading
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The Pure Love of God in the Modern World
I read that quote and just felt sad about how far we’ve gone into accepting self-centeredness as the norm. In Lennon’s book, he points out, in contrast, how widespread the assumption was in seventeenth-century France that lack of self-interest should… Continue reading
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“For it is not to be doubted that the duration of this life is but a moment; that the state of death is eternal, whatever may be its nature.”
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be a woman in theology, especially since I recently heard about the death of one of my favorite undergraduate theology professors, Fr. James Walsh, S.J. It occurred to me… Continue reading
