tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208205943367043628.post6551530516023963518..comments2023-04-30T06:36:37.727-04:00Comments on Free Range Anglican: Fifteen authors, for good or illFree Range Anglicanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14484140709221984584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208205943367043628.post-17095526620099633282011-10-29T19:24:17.013-04:002011-10-29T19:24:17.013-04:00Heschel's The Prophets was the first real intr...Heschel's The Prophets was the first real introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures I had, and Allen Ross is everything to me you say he is for you. Assuming I make it to the new heaven and the new earth, I look forward to a colloquy between Heschel and Ross on the Prophets. Thomas Aquinas taught me to love philosophy and theology; he is, unlike so many contemporary "theologians" a stellar example of an intellect informed and enriched by a passionate almost mystical faith: sed contra respondeo! Like David, I'd have to think a while about the other books: Crime and Punishment perhaps instead of Madame Bovary; Moby Dick certainly; most definitely Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death - a book that in many ways had a life changing effect on me. And I also enjoyed David Mills' Saints Guide - he writes so well.Dan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08091073644841770744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208205943367043628.post-13353956873491621702011-10-27T18:28:59.706-04:002011-10-27T18:28:59.706-04:00I thought of you, Dave, when I posted Potok. And ...I thought of you, Dave, when I posted Potok. And I couldn't decide between him and Heschel. Neither really stands alone for me though. I read them both at the same time when I was on a major exploration of Hasidism my junior year of college. I had this cool professor for Modern Jewish Thought that year, and he was a huge Heschel groupie, so I ended up reading Hasidism and Modern Man on a flight from Des Moines to Knoxville and Potok all through the winter break that followed. I've gone through a few intellectual "phases" where I just get in a tailspin over a historical people group/event: Salem Witch Trials, modern Hasidim, Tudor England, North Korea... those are the biggest ones.Free Range Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484140709221984584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208205943367043628.post-68781522282322705842011-10-27T16:59:04.674-04:002011-10-27T16:59:04.674-04:00Nice list. I'd have to think a while to make ...Nice list. I'd have to think a while to make one. On number 14, I B Singer added the fun, for a trio. On Sharon Shinn, I wonder if she's related to Florence Scovel Shinn. Seems too young to be a daughter.<br /><br />Like the new color.OlDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07051604218203861310noreply@blogger.com