I think all originary thinkers should be interested in this brilliant post by truepeers over at the Covenant Zone blog (I put in the permalink John provided in the comments to this entry for those who may have been confused by my linking to the blog itself–sorry for that):
http://covenantzone.blogspot.com/2007/10/gods-eternal-word-is-human-freedom.html
Adam Katz
Thanks again, Adam. Here’s the permalink since it’s already being knocked down the page.
Comment by John — October 31, 2007 @ 11:58 pm
Very nice linked post. Thanks. The other offerings at Covenant Zone were also worth reading (often equally worth reading).
Comment by Matthew — November 1, 2007 @ 7:30 am
I agree. It’s a terrific blog.
Comment by adam — November 1, 2007 @ 8:39 am
I seem to remember–long, long ago–an article in Commentary (“Heroes and Valets”?) that was a broader treatment of the trend in negative biography. It was back in one of the print issues in the 90s, I think.
Comment by Matthew — November 2, 2007 @ 7:18 am
I found it! But it’s behind a registration wall.
Of Heroes, Villains, and Valets
Gertrude Himmelfarb
June 1991
Comment by Matthew — November 2, 2007 @ 7:21 am
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm?id=7841
Comment by Matthew — November 2, 2007 @ 7:22 am
I realize that I was responding to the Charles Schultz article and not the one Adam had in mind. Sorry about that.
That said, I’m totally with truepeers on the distinction between religion and ideology, something that has put me increasingly at dissonant odds with the Robert Spencer school.
Comment by Matthew — November 2, 2007 @ 8:29 pm