Author: KB
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Bad Faith | The Paradoxes of Denomination and Decision [4]
[ Bad Faith 1 ] [ Bad Faith 2 ] [ Bad Faith 3 ] I ended the previous post with the question of what we might mean by our decisions to denominate ourselves as ‘Christian’ or otherwise. Before I can answer that though, I think it is worth noting just how infatuated we are…
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Bad Faith | The Paradoxes of Denomination and Decision [3]
[ Bad Faith 1 ] [ Bad Faith 2 ] In the previous two posts I have attempted to outline something of Satre’s position on ‘bad faith.’ As an existentialist, Satre is convinced that we are utterly free; he is also aware that who we are as human beings is suspended in the paradox of…
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Bad Faith | The Paradoxes of Denomination and Decision [2]
In the previous post I began to explore some of Satre’s thoughts about ‘bad faith’, and we saw that in the case of the waiter, his role as a waiter appeared to be putting an obligation on him: he feels he ought to be acting like a waiter ought to act. He is thus denying…
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Bad Faith | The Paradoxes of Denomination and Decision [1]
Since listening to a short podcast on the subject I’ve been very interested in Satre’s idea of ‘Bad Faith’, and I want to explore some thoughts springing from it in a short series of posts. As an existentialist, one of the central tenets of Satre’s thought was complete freedom. Everyone is free – but some…
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Pray for Tavener ¦ Closeness to God and writing music
John Tavener has been ill for a while following two major heart attacks. In an interview in The Times he reflects on his faith, and finds that he doesn’t sense things that he used to. “Closeness to God has always been connected with writing music. At the moment there’s no music.” Pray for him.