A quick word to let you know that I’m teaching a short series on Laudato Si, Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment. It begins this Thursday, March 23, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. US Central Time. Learn what you’d hardly ever hear in a church! … More Class on Laudato Si starts next week! (It’s Pope Francis’ letter on the environment)
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Laurie discusses DC Schindler’s views on the limitations of liberal religious toleration and his argument for a better toleration that coincides with increased influence or even establishment of the Catholic Church. This subject allows Laurie to contrast Schindler’s views with those of Christian anarchists and anti-empire theologians, and to explore whether or not Schindler’s views are, in fact, utopian, or at least unconsciously still influenced by Enlightenment thinking. … More Should We Be More Tolerant–Or Will Our Brains Fall Out? (Politics of the Real 7)
Laurie discusses Ch. 5 of DC Schinder’s The Politics of the Real having to do with property and extends the reasoning into corporate property and the environment. … More The Meaning of Ownership (Politics of the Real 6)
In this segment of Laurie’s series on DC Schindler’s The Politics of the Real, she focuses on Schindler’s critique of liberal rights and his proposal for theorizing positive rights using teleological thinking. … More Redefining Rights: Positive, Teleological Right (Politics of the Real, 5)
Laurie focuses on chapter 3 of DC Schindler’s The Politics of the Real. In this chapter, Schindler argues that liberal structures cannot create real community, so even communitarian proposals for doing so fall short. Schindler also begins to hint at what he thinks would do so better. … More How Can Community Be Built? (Politics of the Real 4)
Laurie discusses Chapters 1 and 2 of DC Schindler’s The Politics of the Real: The Church Between Liberalism and Integralism, In this section, she concentrates on what Schindler thinks is the fallout of liberalism, what we’ve gained during the rise of liberalism, why “Nature’s God” is a generic or empty God, and why the American founding was not a Christian event. … More Was the American Founding a Christian Event? (Politics of the Real, 3)
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