When the trumpet sounds, oh may I then in him be found. Christ in me more than myself If God loves me for Christ's sake, doesn't it mean that God doesn't really love me? When He looks at me, if all He sees is Christ, then how am I seen? Matthew Stanley • Christianity
"Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" by Miroslaw Trochanowski (2019, acrylic on wood) Secularism, a failed theology The theological roots of modernity are taken for granted, but Blumenberg argues that the secular notions which define modernity are not secularized theological concepts, but rather secular attempts to answer theological questions. Matthew Stanley • Christianity
"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
"A Solitude" by John Caple Against personal salvation, or why you should go to church We are commanded to love one another, but how can we keep this command without an other to love? Matthew Stanley • Christianity
"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
Book release: Every Sunset is a Moonrise I published my first book yesterday! You can now purchase Every Sunset is a Moonrise in physical copy on Amazon for $9 or in eBook format at my online shop for $5. Matthew Stanley • Theology
