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  1. RT @lensweet: The difference between poets & mathematicians? Poets call 1 thing by 1000 names & mathematicians call 1000 things by 1 name.
  2. Do you have a favorite author / poet / playwright who's work focuses on transformation (personal, spiritual, social)? I'd love to know who.
  3. Absolute certainty requires inerrant perception, and an inerrant interpretation of an inerrant source. This does not exist. - Thomas Oord
  4. RT @theimageoffish: What is postmodernism and why might the Church care? http://ow.ly/EelD
  5. "Final readings tend, I suggest, to give ground for 'final solutions'." --Walter Brueggemann
  6. RT @theimageoffish: New post about Postmodernity, Paul Ricoeur, The Second Naivete, and religious application: http://ow.ly/CW1O
  7. RT @theimageoffish: New post on Zizek, the power of reading, the deal with some folks not having truth. http://ow.ly/CfbI
  8. Travis Poling has some ideas about a theopoetic method he calls Poetica Divina. http://ow.ly/BvV2
  9. A great, detailed piece about Brother Blue, the Godfather of modern New England storytelling, who passed away Tuesday. http://ow.ly/zlGI
  10. RT @ShechemMins: "If safe is what you want, forget religion and find yourself a conservative investment counselor." -Caputo in "On Religion"
  11. Many mourn with the death of the storyteller and Holy Fool, Brother Blue. He passed away last night, and will be missed. http://ow.ly/z9lP
  12. Excited by the following book title just discovered: Hopeful Realism: Reclaiming the Poetry of Theology by Douglas Ottati. http://ow.ly/p2vH
  13. I have waited for him / under the tree of science, / and he has not come; - R.S. Thomas in "The Echoes Return Slow" http://ow.ly/p2pq
  14. "Poetry is the vision of ordinary things seen more deeply, etched, imaged, and "rhythmed" rather than argued and exegeted" http://ow.ly/p2fD
  15. Wikipedia entry for theological and arts points to "Theological Aesthetics." It is fairly sparse. Any eager contributers? http://ow.ly/p2c0
  16. Interesting Washington Theological Union sermon: What’s Good About Bad Art? Art Criticism, Theology and Christian Devotion http://ow.ly/p25k
  17. @Dwixi thanks for following! If you have questions about theopoetics stuff please feel free to ask or check out the site: http://ow.ly/p2aO
  18. Interested in Hans Urs von Balthasar and his approach to Art and Theology. Has anyone out there been exposed to his work? http://ow.ly/p24t
  19. "Living in Language" podcast episode featuring discussion on theopoetics. http://ow.ly/oYKU
  20. Jesus’ Theo-poetics: The Politics of Jesus Revisited. A look at John Caputo's book "What would Jesus Deconstruct?" http://ow.ly/oYGo