Reviews for Paul, Philosophy, and the Theopolitical Vision: Critical Engagements with Agamben, Badiou, Zizek and Others

The average rating for Paul, Philosophy, and the Theopolitical Vision: Critical Engagements with Agamben, Badiou, Zizek and Others based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-05-25 00:00:00 Jun Sato I thought this book was going to be about priests who molested children, but instead, it is about the way the public looks at the priest sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. I felt that the author made excuses for the Catholic Church, claiming that there responses to the victims were justifiable and that any other institution would have acted the same way. These excuses were intended to make the Catholic Church seem less guilty than it is. The author also minimizes the impact of abuse on children and emphasizes that many of the children were older such as in their teens. The author does not seem to consider abuse of children in their teens to be all that serious. Maybe I'm being too harsh, but I felt that this author was clearly biased and was trying to make the Catholic Church out to be a victim.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-07-26 00:00:00 TEE Hump An interesting book and one I think I will have to re-read to really have a chance at understanding. It isn't that Lichtmann's ideas are hard, but this is a book which should be read meditatively. That is fitting, of course, because Lichtmann bases her suggestions about teaching on the four stages of lectio divina- reading, reflection, meditation and contemplation. The results take the reader deeper into their own heart in order to open up that hospitable place where good teaching occurs. This makes this book counter-culture in the educational culture of North America. It doesn't follow the social science based approach which is so dominant in discussions about pedagogy and I tend to count that a good thing. While social science approaches can be a good thing, they do have the unfortunate impact of rendering the human being into a subject. Lichtmann's book forces us to encounter the person underneath our students and to seek out how to nurture them.