Thank you Alan, my fellow book lover. I am most of the way through Augustine’s “Confessions” for the first time. He was quite a faithful guide in pointing out the sin and mess along with the beauty and wonder. It seems he toggles so well between the tension; in this case in his own journey. In short, he is fantastic and puts to words things I have thought or felt, even amidst his struggles. Have a great weekend brother.
I would skim "A Secular Age." It's a lot. James KA Smith's How Not to Be Secular is a good overview of it.
For Pieper, I would say, "Leisure: A Basis of Culture" is where most people start. But "Faith, Hope, Love" is excellent. My book will give you a good overview of his thought in April.
Pieper has a collection of essays titled Anthology, and he was integral in choosing the essays and ordering them. That might be one place to start (and is my start...I have only read about halfway...each essay is short and takes not too long to read, but may require time chewing and meditating on).
Thanks, Alan! Random question: do you annotate books when you read them? For a long time I was in the practice of underlining books and making notes in the margins of all the books I read, but now I feel that I can't share my copies of books or give them to anyone with my thoughts littered throughout the pages.
Thank you Alan, my fellow book lover. I am most of the way through Augustine’s “Confessions” for the first time. He was quite a faithful guide in pointing out the sin and mess along with the beauty and wonder. It seems he toggles so well between the tension; in this case in his own journey. In short, he is fantastic and puts to words things I have thought or felt, even amidst his struggles. Have a great weekend brother.
Loved this one.
1. I feel like I have to read some Pieper. Can you suggest where to start?
2. I have tried to read "Secular Age" a couple times and stalled. Should I try again?
Christ's peace to you brother,
I would skim "A Secular Age." It's a lot. James KA Smith's How Not to Be Secular is a good overview of it.
For Pieper, I would say, "Leisure: A Basis of Culture" is where most people start. But "Faith, Hope, Love" is excellent. My book will give you a good overview of his thought in April.
Pieper has a collection of essays titled Anthology, and he was integral in choosing the essays and ordering them. That might be one place to start (and is my start...I have only read about halfway...each essay is short and takes not too long to read, but may require time chewing and meditating on).
Thanks, Alan! Random question: do you annotate books when you read them? For a long time I was in the practice of underlining books and making notes in the margins of all the books I read, but now I feel that I can't share my copies of books or give them to anyone with my thoughts littered throughout the pages.