The Hayden-Furnish Matter

July 17th, 2019 by Charles Cameron

St Francis would, I think, like to see the Beatitudes, and proceeding from them the corporal works of mercy, deployed in all functions of the individual and community / state; the Jesuits would, by and large and in contrast, it seems to me, appreciate pragmatism — tempered by mercy, yes, as and when pragmatism permits.

Think on these things..

Your thoughts?

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  1. Karlie McWilliams:

    July 18th, 2019 at 11:28 am

    Evangelical Christians have long had a plan to introduce these principles (as well as many Old testament beliefs, for example, those they believe condemn people like me). It’s called Project Blitz: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/04/project-blitz-the-legislative-assault-by-christian-nationalists-to-reshape-america
    Hayden tends to be more opposed to this administration. As far as I’m concerned, we have separation of church and state for a reason. That said, it is VERY difficult to separate your personal views from your actions when in office, and this administration, especially its VP, seems to be pushing for a Theocratic government.

  2. Charles Cameron:

    July 19th, 2019 at 2:17 am

    I’m so glads you responded, Karlie.
    .
    I think this is one of my best and most crucial posts, and see it as providing the building bricks of the final chapter of a book that swam into view last night. I’ve had books swim into view without ever getting written on more than one occasion, so I’m still a bit skeptically, but I’m also beginning to feel the kind of mortality that makes one hope for a legacy, so..
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    Anyway, I was hoping it would probvoke conversation, and you’ve begun it.
    .
    I hadn’t heard of the Blitz, but I’ve been reading Frederick Clarkson for some time: the pointer to the Guardian article is appreciated.

  3. Karlie McWilliams:

    July 20th, 2019 at 1:34 pm

    Charles, any book you wrote would be one worth reading; count me in on the readers!

  4. Charles Cameron:

    July 23rd, 2019 at 4:17 pm

    < bowing >

  5. Charles Cameron:

    August 6th, 2019 at 2:31 pm

    A useful quote from Richard Landes’ lecture, Caliphaters and Apocalyptic Jihad:

    For me one of the most ironic things about the 20th century is that in the entire history of Christianity – and as a medievalist I think I can talk about this – in the entire history of Christianity, there has never been a Christian nation, which took the Sermon on the Mount as a guide to foreign policy. Now, in a post-Christian, allegedly atheist society, they want us to adopt the Sermon on the Mount as foreign policy.

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