Kester Brewin

Tag: Religion

  • The Two Halves of Life

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    “In the first half of my life I fought the Devil. In the second half, I fought God.” Nikos Kazantzakis Angst about sin and purity; worries about traditions and who’s in and who’s out; individuation, desperation to innovate, neophilia. And now something… other. I am exploring. Technorati: Jung | Kazantzakis | Rohr

  • Is Your Faith Endo- or Exoskeletal?

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    Manuel de Landa, in his brilliant book A Thousand Years of Non-Linear History writes of the two skeletons that humankind have developed. Our endo(internal)skeleton “made new forms of movement control possible, freeing [us] to conquer every available niche.” Later, around 8000 years ago, we then developed the urban exo(external)skeleton, whereby “bricks of sun-dried clay became…

  • The-No-Longer-Interested-Spouse-of-Christ

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    As I have mentioned here before, I have recently written an article about Facebook (and other social networks) for Third Way. I sent a copy of it to a simian friend of mine based in the US – who I naturally keep up with mostly via the internet – and her response to a passage…

  • Why I’m Bored with Blogging and the ‘Emerging Conversation’, and Why I’m Switching to Conch

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    It’ll be pretty plain to see that I haven’t been posting that much recently. Stuff happens, and, on top of that, I’ve been feeling a little faded/bored with it. By it, I mean blogging. And by blogging I mean, in this context, stuff connected with the ’emerging conversation’. Perhaps it’s just me. I’ve just written…

  • Has Old Father Thames Lost His Virility? | Sacred Rivers

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    Last night I went to hear Peter Ackroyd speak on the South Bank (pictured here), ostensibly about his new book: Thames, Sacred River. It was a fine lecture on the thread of the sacred throughout the history of humanity’s interaction with London’s river, followed by a hilarious Q&A led by the Times’ Literary Editor, who…

  • Wikiklesia Paperback Available | A Tale of Two Publishers

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    I’m really pleased to see the Wikiklesia book published in physical form. Go get your copy here and support Not For Sale as you do. I contributed a chapter on the move between text, audio and video, which seems to have gone down well. Wikiklesia is one of those great publishing projects you are happy…