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    Harry Potter Harry Potter Harry Potter etc…

    First some links of interest and then my comments on book seven and the whole series. (some spoilers but not a complete giveaway)

    I liked what Tribune of the Plebs had to say about the merit of the series in the face of book-snobs and was thinking similar thoughts on my way home today.

    Some people [...]

    The Spirituality Revolution

    I finally finished Tacey’s book . It was a real effort to get through because I found it so thought provoking and often had to spend days processing the chapters. I think during this time I have backed away from church in a big way too. Towards the end of the book [...]

    Evidence of Spiritual Life

    I’ve read a bit further in The Spirituality Revolution and I’m starting to get what David Tacey’s on about (or was on about in 2002). He is arguing that the turning of society to spirituality goes hand in hand with post modernism. He says its first expression was in the sixties with the [...]

    Missing the Wave

    I’m just starting to read The Spirituality Revolution by David Tacey. This is part of my post theology studies commitment to try and keep reading that are kind of theological so that I can still enjoy theology a bit. It’s not as much fun without the motivation of lectures, assignments and peers so [...]

    My Life With the Saints

    Just before Christmas (or was it after?), James handed me My Life with the Saints by James Martin, SJ. For some reason I also started reading it even though I already had a million other books I wanted to get through. I have a vague passing interest in saints and at the [...]