In my third conversation with Calum McCracken, we dig into the roots of Christian Nationalism and its current rise in liberal democratic societies.
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A young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
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A young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
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In my second conversation with Calum McCracken, we continue exploring the place of religion and public policy in the Civil Rights Movement Calum’s undergraduate studies focused on political philosophy. He is now off to graduate school and will be working on issues of human rights on the international stage.
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A young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
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We begin these three podcasts thinking about Calum’s own intellectual growth over the last few years. We explore the Civil Right Movement, the place of religion and religious ideas in the growth of this movement with particular emphasis on the prophetic tradition.
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A young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
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Come join me and your thoughtful neighbors this fall at either South East Edmonton Seniors Association or The Central Lions Senior Centre to talk about the place of Christmas in our religious, civil, and secular lives, what we can learn from our feline house friends and why we treasure the art of thinking, the “Doctrine of Discovery” and what we are to make of the Pope's most recent commitment to healing and reconciliation with the country's Indigenous people, and the thousand year tradition the liturgy of coronation of King Charles the III and it's significance in light of the global move toward republicanism. See places, dates and time below. I look forward to thinking with you.
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Come join me and your thoughtful neighbors this fall at either South East Edmonton Seniors Association or The Central Lions Senior Centre to talk about the place of Christmas in our religious, civil, and secular lives, what we can learn from our feline house friends and why we treasure the art of thinking, the “Doctrine of Discovery” and what we are to make of the Pope's most recent commitment to healing and reconciliation with the country's Indigenous people, and the thousand year tradition the liturgy of coronation of King Charles the III and it's significance in light of the global move toward republicanism. See places, dates and time below. I look forward to thinking with you.
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A young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
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The Faculty of Theology, Arad, Romania, celebrated their bicentennial in 2021 with a symposium. I was invited to participate and address the them, The Meaning of Theology in Today’s Society and Culture. The fruit of this symposium is also being prepared for publication and my essay “On Human Presence in a Post-Human World” may be found here for those interested in reading it.
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For over thirty years my research work at The Provincial Museum of Alberta has focused on the religious life through field studies delving into the shape and meaning of religious tradition in Western Canada and elsewhere. This has provided an ideal place in which to think about tradition and modernity and to consider religion and public space, for public museums in liberal democratic societies are living laboratories of this issue and they are often contested spaces.
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A young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
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A young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
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A young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
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Come join me at either South East Edmonton Seniors Association or The Central Lions Senior Centre this winter to talk about how, for several decades now, a set of theories have informed and galvanized both university education and public discourse. These theories highlight various social diseases – racism, misogyny – and the legacy of colonial rule. A concern for social justice has come to the fore on the political left.
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A young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
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A young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
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Come join me at either South East Edmonton Seniors Association or The Central Lions Senior Centre this March to talk about pressing issues. This month we disucus a spate of books, recently published, warn of the rise of tyranny in liberal democratic societies. Perhaps the best known is Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. For those who care about democracy (“the worst form of government except for all the rest”) Snyder’s lessons call us to be vigilant.
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Norton’s work and contribution to scholarship and public life was substantial. In this In Memoriam I remember him, his indomitable spirit and ability to reach across deep difference, his courage in addressing the protracted struggle in Israel/Palestine, and his vigilance in addressing Islamophobia and anti-Semitism and calling us to our better angels.
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