by Charles Cameron | May 3, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on torture as the inverse of sacrament: from Palin’s joke to Cavanaugh’s rich theology ] . Soon-to-be-martyred Archbishop Romero celebrates Mass in San Salvador's Basilica of the Sacred Heart** Sarah Palin: Sarah Palin,...
by Charles Cameron | May 1, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — from “whistleblowers” via the interpretation of hadith to Aztec sacrifice and Christian Eucharist ] . Whistleblowing in Thailand (upper panel, above), which I wrote about in my previous post, is a literal matter, and whistles...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 22, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — moving from magic to sacrament and from word to world — with implications for the study of terrorism and torture ] . Roger Wagner, 1984: The Harvest Is the End of the World and the Reapers Are the Angels ** Tara Isabella Burton, in a...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 29, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — more food for thought on religious and irreligious outrage — and Paris again, too ] . Michel Mourre (in friar's habit) and Serge Berna reviewing "The Declaration of Mourre". It will not have escaped the eagle-eyed...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 19, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — mystery beyond the senses, holy of holies behind the veil, altar beyond the iconostasis, and other considerations bearing on Orthodoxy, Pussy Riot, holy folly and monastic punk ] . Life is full of surprises. glorious photo credit: choir...
