Category Archives: Homo Incurvatus In Se

Man Turned in on Himself, excerpt 1

In celebration of the completion of my MA thesis I will be sharing a sampling of excerpts over the next few weeks. As I prepare to present the work to the Theology department at the end of April, I’d love to know what speaks to you…. The Origins of Homo Incurvatus In Se Picture aContinue reading “Man Turned in on Himself, excerpt 1”

If only

“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” —Continue reading “If only”

Contrition is no fun

Reading today from A History of Sin: Its evolution to Today and Beyond by John Portmann, who has this to say about sin fatigue: “Worshipping God takes time, just as repenting for sin does. Time gets increasingly scarce in the modern world, and atonement fatigue creeps into the picture. Traditional Jews read aloud from theContinue reading “Contrition is no fun”