1. Has anyone written on the literary critic William Empson as a precursor to the New Atheists?
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@HeerJeet Actually, that's a deeply Coleridgean notion, the intellectual father of the Broad Churchmen.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Wouldn't you be better off arguing Eliot's notion of tradition ultimately derives from John Henry Newman? -
@BrentSirota Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
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@HeerJeet Also: high church theory of priesthood is NOT a caste of Scriptural exegetes; but stewards of sacramental mysteries.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@BrentSirota There's also a deeply Puritan strain - immediate spiritual engagement with text, rejecting formal criticism/religion -
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