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2014-06-28T12:39:04+01:00

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Against Platitudes

Last updated on: June 28, 2014 at 12:39 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

In my last post on education, I took exception to the platitudinous character of so much of official Church discourse, in particular on education. I got some pushback on this, from Sam in his latest post and on Twitter. Because Sam and I now largely understand each other on education, I want to jump off on this and take a stand on something that I think is important. In my post, I described platitudes as reliable, obvious predictions of the future,... Read more

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2014-06-27T14:26:55+01:00

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Mmmm, Bacon

Last updated on: June 27, 2014 at 2:26 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

I think my dialogue with Sam is beginning to reach the point of diminishing returns, so here I will just assert some things, correct others, and so forth. There is nothing systematic here. That being said… What Is The Scientific Method? Sam asks for clarification about the scientific method. It is true that most academic establishments dedicated to the “science” of education do not do science at all. Given that this is the circles I understand Sam to have been... Read more

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2014-06-25T15:19:47+01:00

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A Discourse Of The (Educational) Method

Last updated on: June 25, 2014 at 3:19 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

So, I owe Sam a response, after being sidetracked into other things. His latest post gets at our disagreement in an interesting way. I think it is as subtle as it is crucial. I think I’m a bit to blame for being fast and loose with the terminology. All right, first, yeah, Sam takes me to task for strawmanning him by taking him to imply that Montessori can be a bit of a cult. Fair enough. I took that... Read more

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2014-06-24T11:29:54+01:00

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Peter Thiel And The Cathedral

Last updated on: June 24, 2014 at 11:29 am By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

There’s been a panel discussion between Peter Thiel, N.T. Wright and Ross Douthat, as I relate in my other haunt at Forbes, organized by the Veritas Forum, a Christian organization. Readers here will probably be familiar with Wright, orthodox Christian theologian and one of the greatest Biblical scholars alive, and with Douthat, the conservative Catholic Times columnist. They might not be so familiar with Thiel. Thiel is one of the most prominent entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley and, relevantly... Read more

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2014-06-21T12:42:25+01:00

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Where The Catholicism Meets The Road

Last updated on: June 21, 2014 at 12:42 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Over the Paschal Triduum this year, if you recall, I read all four Gospels straight through. I had read the Gospels more than once before of course, but never all four of them straight in quick succession. If you haven’t done it I really recommend it, because a bunch of things shine through that you hadn’t noticed before. (For example, the thunderingly recurring theme of damnation really gave a cold shower to my flirtation with Universalism.) One of the... Read more

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2014-06-18T13:44:59+01:00

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Why Is Montessori Different From All Other Education Methods?

Last updated on: June 18, 2014 at 1:44 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

My esteemed Patheos co-blogger and talented artist Sam Rocha may be one of the most important Catholic intellectuals today. Education is one of the principal missions of the Church, in the school and outside, and Sam and I agree (“This man is smart, he agrees with me!”) that the way the Church typically views education has been infected by Modern and secular ideas in ways that should not go unquestioned. It is high time for a renaissance of Catholic education,... Read more

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2014-06-17T10:38:31+01:00

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Theology Of The Imperfect Body

Last updated on: June 17, 2014 at 10:38 am By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

(An old, but evergreen post from my old blog; reposting prompted in part by this excellent post by Calah Alexander on how modern beauty standards warp our perspective) L’Imparfaite is an erotic print magazine published by students at Sciences Po, the elite Parisian university. Since many friends are recent alumni, I’ve been able to lay my hands on a few copies and, by and large, it’s much what you would expect, a mostly-embarrassing display of hipster undergraduate pseudo-intellectualism. L’Imparfaite means “The Imperfect One” in the... Read more

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2014-06-16T12:59:00+01:00

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Catholic Father’s Day Is A Fractal

Last updated on: June 16, 2014 at 12:59 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

I’m slowly starting to get used to the fact that Father’s Day is a day when I get celebrated too. In my family, we never gave much thought to either Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. But yesterday it hit me that, especially for the Catholic, Father’s Day is a fractal. First, like for everyone else, Father’s Day is an occasion to remember patrilineal relationships at several levels. My daughter and my wife fete me. I fete my Dad. And I... Read more

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2014-06-13T10:51:06+01:00

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God Is Not Big

Last updated on: June 13, 2014 at 10:51 am By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elijah came to a cave, where he took shelter. But the word of the LORD came to him, “Go outside and stand on the mountain before the LORD; the LORD will be passing by.” A strong and heavy wind was rending the mountains and crushing rocks before the LORD— but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake— but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the... Read more

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2014-06-12T14:52:12+01:00

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Morning Prayer

Last updated on: June 12, 2014 at 2:52 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

First draft, a work in progress, very silly… Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One. Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be in your heart. And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of... Read more

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