Monthly Archives: February 2026

Wittgenstein and Levinas on Language: Part Two, Section A

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

This is a remarkably poorly named blog post, as I will not actually be discussing Wittgenstein and Levinas and their approaches to language until the post after the next one. My previous post was perhaps even more poorly named, as … Continue reading →

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Evil is Stupid

Posted on February 23, 2026 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

A sermon preached on The First Sunday of Lent, 22 February 2026, at The Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete. The readings were: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, Psalm 32, Romans 5:12-19 and Matthew 4:1-11. Most of the time … Continue reading →

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Wittgenstein and Levinas on Language: Part One

Posted on February 21, 2026 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

Introduction I want to talk a bit about how I find that the philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) and Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) seem to say similar things about the nature of human language. The relevance to theology is that humans are … Continue reading →

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A Lenten Discipline for 2026

Posted on February 19, 2026 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

In these forty days from Ash Wednesday to Easter we are invited “to observe a holy Lent by self-examination, penitence, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, and by reading and meditating on the word of God.” As part of my Lenten discipline … Continue reading →

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