Normally this pseudo-blog is as serious as a heart-attack and lackluster. But, why not mix it up with something worth a minute of your time?
A published essay with Relevant Magazine
Relevant magazine asked to publish my Other Journal article dryly titled "The Christian and the iPhone." And, with a little editing, we done did it. See here for the digital version of their paper magazine, July/August 2009. Page 27, "Just a Phone?"
With much gratitude to them, I must say that it is a pleasure to write for them as they have welcomed my ostensibly contrasting philosophy: when they first asked me to write a ways back I thought it suitable to laud the venerable qualities of irrelevance. And to put it gingerly I am quite uncomfortable to be published in a magazine advertising air force chaplains (p 24). To milk that irony, please note the text hovering around that mawkish picture: a text in proxy to the slaughtering of the innocents. If only Rome had some mission-minded, purpose-driven, relevant youth to solace those poor Semites suffering the collateral damage of a middle-east military occupation.
Page 17 (also displaying the presentable countenance of my co-author), touts how an iPhone can help you be greener; you work out the challenging math of such an ecological-integrity equation. Is there an easy answer to it...? To the Luddite, yes. To the gadgeteois, also yes. Thanks for the Relevant folks for publishing an essay in discomfort between the two.
With much gratitude to them, I must say that it is a pleasure to write for them as they have welcomed my ostensibly contrasting philosophy: when they first asked me to write a ways back I thought it suitable to laud the venerable qualities of irrelevance. And to put it gingerly I am quite uncomfortable to be published in a magazine advertising air force chaplains (p 24). To milk that irony, please note the text hovering around that mawkish picture: a text in proxy to the slaughtering of the innocents. If only Rome had some mission-minded, purpose-driven, relevant youth to solace those poor Semites suffering the collateral damage of a middle-east military occupation.
Page 17 (also displaying the presentable countenance of my co-author), touts how an iPhone can help you be greener; you work out the challenging math of such an ecological-integrity equation. Is there an easy answer to it...? To the Luddite, yes. To the gadgeteois, also yes. Thanks for the Relevant folks for publishing an essay in discomfort between the two.
Speaking Requests
Hello people on the internet,
If you would like to put in a request for me to speak or lecture at your college, church, or conference, please send an email to chrishawspeaking AT gmail.com and you will receive the more necessary details.
Thanks,
Chris
If you would like to put in a request for me to speak or lecture at your college, church, or conference, please send an email to chrishawspeaking AT gmail.com and you will receive the more necessary details.
Thanks,
Chris
Essays Posted
I have posted most of the essays I have written thus far on my Villanova web-page (for Cirriculum Vitae purposes, etc.). Some are standard masters research work, others are more public essays, etc. Enjoy. (I believe I am missing a link to my Fermi Project essay, which I list here on the blog.)
A New Article from my e-Pen: The Christian and the iPhone
I just wrote and published an article through the Mars Hill Graduate School Journal, The Other Journal. It is called, "The Christian and the iPhone: a Primer for Black Friday." Enjoy.
And I just found this article online and it is demonstrably more enjoyable than mine: "Am I Still Here," by Anthony Doerr, Orion Magazine.
And I just found this article online and it is demonstrably more enjoyable than mine: "Am I Still Here," by Anthony Doerr, Orion Magazine.
JFP among Publisher's Weekly's "Books of the Year"
Publishers Weekly ranked Jesus for President among their books of the year. I feel honored, and as I have had many conversations about political imagination, I feel it has been well-worth the effort.
Click here for their list. (Oh yeah, and if nothing else, it is a supreme honor to be on a list with Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, with their book, Saving Paradise--I've heard it is quite an excellent book.)
I've had a few conversations with folks about whether I would do anything different in the book. So far, in general, I am still quite satisfied--even after 2 years of grad school since finishing. But things I would like to see more emphasis on are the following topics, with reference to the research in that field:
-Girardian Atonement/Mimetic/Scapegoat Theory (Stricken by God? [a lovely looking compendium of essays], Girard Reader, Gil Bailie, etc.)
-Postfoundationalist Hermeneutics, Critiques of Historical-Critical Hermeneutics (I'm picking up Dale Martin's Sex and the Single Savior in this regard.)
-Economics (and the Church): (Hilaire Belloc's Servile State and Essay on the Restoration of Property, economic history since the Reformation [i.e. Karl Polanyi, Ellen Meiksens Wood, Michael Perelman, Wendell Berry, Eugene McCarraher.]
Click here for their list. (Oh yeah, and if nothing else, it is a supreme honor to be on a list with Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, with their book, Saving Paradise--I've heard it is quite an excellent book.)
I've had a few conversations with folks about whether I would do anything different in the book. So far, in general, I am still quite satisfied--even after 2 years of grad school since finishing. But things I would like to see more emphasis on are the following topics, with reference to the research in that field:
-Girardian Atonement/Mimetic/Scapegoat Theory (Stricken by God? [a lovely looking compendium of essays], Girard Reader, Gil Bailie, etc.)
-Postfoundationalist Hermeneutics, Critiques of Historical-Critical Hermeneutics (I'm picking up Dale Martin's Sex and the Single Savior in this regard.)
-Economics (and the Church): (Hilaire Belloc's Servile State and Essay on the Restoration of Property, economic history since the Reformation [i.e. Karl Polanyi, Ellen Meiksens Wood, Michael Perelman, Wendell Berry, Eugene McCarraher.]
An Article from an Interview
On our book tour, a man from Relevant Magazine, Adam Smith, interviewed Shane and I about our thoughts on Christians and political engagement. They titled the article "In the Booth Not of the Booth," elaborating on their cover theme--How to Vote Without Losing Your Soul.
An Interview
Author of "Mere Discipleship," Lee Camp, interviewed Shane and I about the content of our book. It is at a site called "Tokens," on various concerns surrounding faith and culture. It is an audio clip of our interview. (The image above is from the series we are part of, on the Politics of Jesus.)
Fermi Project Essay
A bit ago I wrote an article for the Fermi Project folks. They are related to the folks at Relevant magazine. So, I thought I'd offer an essay privy to their concerns. It is titled "The Relevance of our Irrelevance." Visit the link if you wish.
A Review
Publisher's Weekly gave us their "starred" rating. My friend told me that anybody getting such good reviews is probably not preaching the gospel. Woe to you when people speak well of you. I'll allow that to trouble my thoughts. If you read the book, see what you think...
Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw. Zondervan,
Here is the must-read election-year book for Christian Americans. What should Christians do when allegiances to the state clash with personal faith? Haw and Claiborne (The Irresistible Revolution) slice through politics as usual and well past the superficial layers of the culture wars with their lucid exploration of how Christians can and should relate to presidents and kings, empire and government. Their entertaining yet provocative tour of the Bible's social and economic order makes even the most abstruse Levitical laws come alive for our era. They also provide a valuable political context for Christ's life, reminding readers that Jesus did not preach the need to put God back into government-he urged his followers to live by a different set of rules altogether, to hold themselves apart as peculiar people. The compelling writing is enhanced by a lavish, eye-popping layout. The pages are a riot of textured callouts, colors, photos and fonts-the perfect packaging for a message that must compete in a world of sound bites. With this second book, Claiborne emerges as an affable, intelligent, humorous prophet of his generation, calling people out of business-as-usual in a corrupt world and back to the radically different social order of the biblical God. (Mar.)
Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw. Zondervan,
Here is the must-read election-year book for Christian Americans. What should Christians do when allegiances to the state clash with personal faith? Haw and Claiborne (The Irresistible Revolution) slice through politics as usual and well past the superficial layers of the culture wars with their lucid exploration of how Christians can and should relate to presidents and kings, empire and government. Their entertaining yet provocative tour of the Bible's social and economic order makes even the most abstruse Levitical laws come alive for our era. They also provide a valuable political context for Christ's life, reminding readers that Jesus did not preach the need to put God back into government-he urged his followers to live by a different set of rules altogether, to hold themselves apart as peculiar people. The compelling writing is enhanced by a lavish, eye-popping layout. The pages are a riot of textured callouts, colors, photos and fonts-the perfect packaging for a message that must compete in a world of sound bites. With this second book, Claiborne emerges as an affable, intelligent, humorous prophet of his generation, calling people out of business-as-usual in a corrupt world and back to the radically different social order of the biblical God. (Mar.)
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