Killing ourselves in order to live Self-harm is riddled with fruitful contradictions. Do we hurt ourselves in order to kill ourselves or in order to save ourselves? Matthew A. Stanley • Psychoanalysis
Dio Distinctions are dubious at best The reductionist's quest to equivocate to the most "real" thing still suffers from the problem that they have yet to find a rock bottom to which things can fully reduce down. Matthew A. Stanley • Philosophy
"Religious Scenery" by Arild Rosenkran The face of God in the face of my neighbor Towards a Protestant Mysticism Although I think that Protestants have much to offer the practice of Christian mysticism, we have tended to look to other ecclesial traditions when broaching the question of mystical experiences. My sense is that we have internalized the impression that we are the illegitimate step-child of Matthew A. Stanley • Christianity
Samsara Audio: A conversation with Javier Rivera Javier Rivera is someone I met earlier this year (and I've plugged his writing before on this newsletter), but I'm continually impressed with his raw and unique insights which flow from an earnest wrestling with the complexity of human relationships. Javier Rivera is a student of Matthew A. Stanley • Psychoanalysis
"The Three Circles of the Trinity, Canto 33" by John Flaxman Theosis, mediate and immediate Do we take Christ as the blueprint for God's plan for each human, or as the anomalous intersection of God and man? What theological implications does this choice have? Matthew A. Stanley • Christianity
Oedipus in a Biopolitical World (Part 3) Thus – while the glory of Oedipus the King has passed, I propose that we should hail the appearance of a new and different king – the prophet Job. Matthew A. Stanley • Theology
