by Charles Cameron | Jun 21, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — politics wearing religion as a glove and vice versa, mostly re Trump but MB too ] . This is a sort of anti-post for me, because it reports on a situation where theology is considered unimportant by pastor and Governor Mike Huckabee. First,...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 20, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a criminal twist in Argentinian politics amid lofty considerations of convents, the Virgin Mary, and unicorns ] . The King James Version of the Bible, Song of Solomon 4:12, reads: A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 20, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — two exhibits linking the Abrahamic faiths ] . For disciplinary as well as doctrinal purposes, the three Abrahamic faiths — Judaism, Christianity, Islam — are generally thought of separately — a separation which the two...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 28, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — IRA kills more Catholics, IS kills more Muslims ] . ** Is there anything we can learn from either one of these situations that would shed light on the other? Are there other instances of this pattern? How quickly can we take note of this...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 20, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — theo-ecology, with a side of spaghetti ] . First, a Nobel laureate makes a distinction that should be of interest to all who study war — as also to those who “ain’t gonna study war no more”. Lucy Hughes-Hallett...