Recent Comments
O Sola Fide! | The I… on Geeking Out over the Grammar o… andrewppartington on Wittgenstein and Levinas on La… Vikings reached Nort… on First Contact: Skraelings and… What Was Left Out of… on The Nag Hammadi Library &… Bruce Bryant-Scott on You are the Coin in this …
Author Archives: Bruce Bryant-Scott
An Introduction to Levinas (Part Four)
Beyond the Polarity of Faith and Reason Note: This is the fourth part in an ongoing commentary on Emmanuel Levinas’s essay “God and Philosophy” (1974). 4. One can, to be sure, also claim that the God of the Bible has … Continue reading
An Introduction to Levinas (Part Three)
A Destruction of Transcendence 3. Philosophical discourse must therefore be able to embrace God of whom the Bible speaks – if, that is, this God has a meaning. But once thought, this God is immediately situated within the “gesture of … Continue reading
An Introduction to Levinas (Part Two)
The Gesture of Being 2. This dignity of an ultimate and royal discourse comes to Western philosophy by virtue of the rigorous coincidence between the thought in which philosophy stands and the reality in which this thought thinks.For thought, this … Continue reading
Posted in Levinas, Philosophy
Tagged God and Philosophy, Heidegger, Hermeneutics, Levinas
Leave a comment
An Introduction to Levinas (Part One)
A Commentary on “God and Philosophy” The writings of Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) are difficult, whether in the original French or in translation. I’ve been asked innumerable times where one might begin with him. I don’t recommend starting with his book-length … Continue reading
“Dear God. I am so lonely.” A response to Doug Coupland
Like 465,000 other people, I follow Douglas Coupland on Twitter. I like his writing. He remains best known for his first novel Generation X (1991), and I figure I have read at least seven of his novels and non-fiction works. … Continue reading
The Christmas You Need: Choose from Five
I posted this originally around Christmas 2014, when I was on a medical leave of absence from work. It’s a sermon I’ve preached several times – once some twenty years ago in the Parish of Pender and Saturna Islands in … Continue reading
The Last Day of An Advent Calendar: Christmas Day!
Sunday, December 25, 2016 Christmas Day Zechariah 2.10–13 1 John 4.7–16 John 3.31–36 The text of the readings follows after the comments. While I’ve been on medical leave I’ve been reading, among so many other things, The Iliad. Not in … Continue reading
Day Twenty-Eight of An Advent Calendar (Evening): Christmas Eve – Pouring Out Divinity into Humanity
Saturday, December 24, 2016 (Evening) Christmas Eve Isaiah 59.15b–21 Philippians 2.5–11 The text of the readings follows after the comments. The reading from Philippians this evening is at the core of the third chapter in my PhD dissertation. So it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Advent
Tagged Advent, Christmas, Incarnation, Jesus, Kenosis, Philippians 2.5-11
1 Comment
Day Twenty-Eight of An Advent Calendar (Morning): The Invitation
Saturday,December 24, 2016 (Morning) Saturday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 35.1–10 Revelation 22.12–17, 21 Luke 1.67–80 The text of the readings follows after the comments. I’ll be doing two posts today, as the readings in the Daily Office … Continue reading
Day Twenty-Seven of An Advent Calendar: Jerusalem – Old, Current, and New
Friday, December 23, 2016 Friday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 33.17–22 Revelation 22.6–11, 18–20 Luke 1.57–66 The text of the readings follows after the comments. People often ask me if I have been to the Holy Land, to … Continue reading
The Island Parson 