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  • 31 March: 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 31 2019
    Sean O'Conaill

    #11 Re Buddhism and violence, there is an interesting Wikipedia article on this at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence N.B. I know that Wikipedia varies in credibility, but am intrig

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  • 31 March: 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 31 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    "Surely Girardian analysis is in itself a rebuttal of the charge that the NT is anti-Semitic, Joe – in that Girard categorises ALL scapegoating – including the crucifixion of Jesus AND all Christi

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  • 31 March: 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 31 2019
    Sean O'Conaill

    #10 Surely Girardian analysis is in itself a rebuttal of the charge that the NT is anti-Semitic, Joe - in that Girard categorises ALL scapegoating - including the crucifixion of Jesus AND all Christia

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  • 31 March: 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 31 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    Would we dare to apply Girardian analysis to the harsh language directed against individuals in most New Testament texts? I don't say the harsh language is inspired by rivalry; just that we cannot sa

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  • 31 March: 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 31 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    I don't think Jesus himself is ever portrayed as a "rival" -- that would be far, far beneath his status as Son of God. (However, it is not correct to say that he "never indulges in targeted criticism

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  • An Outsider Inside

    March 28 2019
    Paddy Ferry

    Excellent piece, Jo. It certainly resonates with me and, I am sure, many others too. Its great to have you sharing your thoughts with us again.

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  • 31 March: 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 31 2019
    Sean O'Conaill

    #7 'Rivalry' is not simply opposition. Rivals are rivals 'for' something - e.g. Brown and Blair 'for' the UK premiership, or Fianna Fail and Fine Gael 'for' the role of leading Irish political party.

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  • 31 March: 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 31 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    The parable of the Wicked Tenants is from Q and has a good chance of being from Jesus himself. It is used against Jews in patristic exegesis, but one would like to think it is directed only against t

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  • 31 March: 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 31 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    "To be specific, not Herod, not Caiaphas and not the Roman governor Pilate are ever targeted by Jesus’s criticism." But the chief rivals, the Pharisees and the Scribes, get quite a lashing in Mt 23

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  • 31 March: 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 31 2019
    Seamus Ahearne

    God’s love letter this weekend: The Story is everything. “Write it down.” (Hal Roach used to say.) The ‘Story’ is everything. ‘Tell me a story.’ We said that from our earliest day

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