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About meMy most recent reads have been The Probability Broach by L. Neil Smith and Radicals for Capitalism by Brian Doherty. Smith's book was wonderful. In his alternate Gallatin Universe, anarchism was the result of the Whiskey Rebellion, and a group of Hamiltonians are trying to destroy the freedom by smuggling nuclear weapons out of our history into the Gallatin Universe. Fun stuff. Ideas both whimsical and deeply philosophical. Doherty's book was breathtakingly broad. It offers a history of the Libertarian movement. All the figures of the Old Right were well connected. Recent accounts I have heard where William F. Buckley forged the Right by sidelining some of these people are not altogether wrong, but they make it sound as if there was no living school of thought before he came on the scene. He did not sideline a few people. He displaced a whole movement. And a good one, too.

About my libraryEclectic.

When I check out the people who share a lot of books with me, the books in common are either those you would find in a Calvinist pastor's library (Do they not read fiction? I'll admit, I haven't looked carefully.), or those you would find in some New Agey English professor's library (Do they not read non-fiction?). Funny.

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Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology by David B. Williams

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The Apocalypse Lectures on the Book of Revelation by J.A. Seiss

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Flesh & Spirit in Conflict (Practical Studies in Galatians) by Theodore H. Epp

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The Gospel according to Saint Mark, in the revised version, with introduction and commentary by A.W.F. Blunt - [Bible. N.T. Mark. English.] by A. W. F. (Alfred Walter Frank) (1879-1957) Blunt

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The Gospel of Isaiah by Allan MacRae

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Genesis: Translation and Commentary by Robert Alter

I haven't read Hursthouse, or much of modern work on virtue ethics. Thanks for the recommendation! I'm currently in the Blackwell anthology on virtue ethics, then will read "The Christian Case for Virtue Ethics." While I am interested to some degree in the philosophical discussion, I'm far more interested in its relation to theology- be it criticism or positive.

posted by jawapez at 3:50 pm (EST) on Aug 1, 2009

I've got to admit that I would be interested in how generic pagans, as you call them, read Genesis. I didn't realize that would be within Moyers' topic. You might be interested in the very first book shown in my collection, called I believe "Be Fertile and Increase". I thought it was a great idea--taking a single verse or story from the Bible and trying to trace its varying interpretation over the centuries. I was a little disappointed in the book, because it seemed to get awfully technical--maybe I just wasn't well enough prepared to appreciate it. i wish, though, that there would be more attempts based on the concept of taking a really long view of the career of a text. I suppose one would have to be more learned than most academics, to get anywhere with it. Also, it seems to me that it might be hard to do without some personal commitment to the significance of the text to begin with.

I think Mutiny on the Bounty is a wonderful book. There is another, the name of which I can't remember right now, which tells the story of Captain Bligh's sail in the longboat from the time that he and the "loyal" crewmembers were put over the side until they arrived in the Dutch Indies--it's almost more amazing and fascinating than the voyage of the Bounty itself. If you liked the Bounty, I think you'd really like the other. Captain Bligh's guiding of the boat all that distance is said to be one of the most magnificent feats of seamanship known.

posted by cstebbins at 9:48 pm (EST) on Jul 28, 2009

You have so many good books and intelligent observations, that I was startled to see tonight in the random books from your library that came up, that you have Genesis: A Living Conversation, by Bill Moyers. I suppose I'm pretty guilty to have an opinion, since I've never read this book, but based on what I have seen and heard of him, it would take a lot to get me to devote any time to Mr. Moyers' thoughts. I'd therefore be interested to know if you think I'm wrong, and that there might be something of value there. I've always thought of Mr. Moyers as the sort of person who considers Joseph Campbell to be profound.

posted by cstebbins at 10:44 pm (EST) on Jun 21, 2009

My wife has read Albion's Seed, and we have discussed it a great deal. The basic thesis seems quite sound, and explains many things about American life -- such as the current division between red states (large populations of Scoth-Irish) and blue states (lots of old Puritans and Quakers).

Neither of us have yet read any of the Henry Adams history books, although I did read "Democracy," which I liked a great deal.

posted by emvaughn at 9:40 pm (EST) on Feb 4, 2007

Thanks for joining the Political Conservatives group. Welcome!

posted by ggchickapee at 11:58 am (EST) on Oct 4, 2006

I see that you & I share a few books. I wonder if you might be interested in my blogs - www.christinallthescriptures.blogspot.co... & www.theologyofgcberkouwer.blogspot.com

posted by charlescameron at 2:38 pm (EST) on Aug 4, 2006

Yeah, I picked up 'Splendors of Christendom' on eBay for a couple dollars, and was amazed at what I got for the money. It was a terrific addition to my books on church architecture. Your library sure looks interesting. We have a lot of similar interests -- art, medieval studies, religion -- and an obvious love of books. Unfortunately I haven't had time to enter much of my collection in LibraryThing but will continue as time permits. My wife and I acquire books much faster than I can catalog them.

posted by clearsig at 4:37 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2006

Definitely read The Idiot next. And, yes we have similar tastes . . . nice to find that. Write anytime.

posted by Visigoth at 7:12 pm (EST) on Mar 17, 2006

Where I found it great was that I could put books in boxes and know which boxes they're in. You won't be stuck wondering if a book is in your apartment or in your office or whatever. You can add a tag when you loan a book out. You can put in books you've borrowed from other people and tag them that they belong to other people.

And $25 is for life. When I think of how memberships tend to get more expensive with time, you'll never probably find a cheaper way to do this kind of thing.

posted by solarblogger1 at 6:18 pm (EST) on Nov 14, 2005

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