"American Landscape" by Edward Hopper (1920) An Ox-Herder without his ox The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures mirror something of the Hero’s Journey, but they also include a bit more Lacanian honesty than Campbell’s popular monomyth. Matthew Stanley • Buddhism
"Almayer's Folly" by Rene Magritte (1951) Transitional discourses and getting (un-)stuck What happens when our transitional object stick around to long? And could certain discourses serve the role of something like a transitional object in people's lives in the broader process of their becoming? Matthew Stanley • Buddhism
"The martyrdom of a Jesuit father in Japan in 1634," engraved by Gerard Bouttats Book Release: Ideology and Christian Freedom is LIVE After nearly 14 months of writing, Ideology and Christian Freedom: A Theo-political reading of Shusaku Endo's Silence has finally been released! Available at Amazon and my online shop today. Matthew Stanley • Theology
Samsara Audio: A Conversation with Vivid Void The latest episode of Samsara Audio presents an interview with Gabe at Vivid Void. Matthew Stanley • Theology
Buddhist benevolence and Christian compassion When we compare the figures of the Christian saint and the Buddhist bodhisattva, we are confronted with the contrast between compassion and benevolence. These two words cut to the heart of each religion’s subjective orientation. Matthew Stanley • Theology
Martyrs in Nagasaki Podcast: Emancipation and the (im)possibility of nationalism I've been hard at work on my book, and I managed to finish a rough draft of chapter 3 during April. Now I'm moving backwards a bit to work on chapter 2 during May. So, I'll be reading a lot of Japanese history this Matthew Stanley • Buddhism
