Chapter VII of Newman’s Rise and Progress of Universities is titled “Athenian Schools: Influence.” This entire post is devoted to it, because Newman makes the invaluable point that we need virtue […]
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Category: Reviews
J.H. Newman, Rise and Progress of Universities (Part I)
In 2001, Gracewing and Notre Dame jointly published Rise and Progress of Universities and Benedictine Essays, being vol. III in the Birmingham Oratory Millennium Edition of the Works of Cardinal John Henry […]
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Amis and “A Different Christianity”
I recently came across a reference to Robin Amis’ book A Different Christianity: Early Christian Esotericism and Modern Thought, published in 1995 by the State University of New York Press. […]
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An Introduction to the Maronite Faith
Well, my eighth book has now been published, An Introduction to the Maronite Faith. Here is a link: http://www.connorcourt.com/catalog1/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=423#.WU32lIVOLIW It is, as the titles suggests, an introduction. It is not […]
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When God Spoke Greek (Part 1)
What is the history of the Bible, and how did the Church’s view of it, especially its view of the Old Testament change over its first four hundred years? Why […]
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Nature and Electricity
The late Dr John Lester (1919-1999) was a pupil of Gurdjieff and of Jane Heap; in fact, he was one of those closest to Jane. I am proud to say […]
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Review of Steve Cannane, Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia, ABC, 2016
1. My Two Scientology Stories Before I come to this book, let me tell my two Scientology stories. First, I was a university student, walking near Central station with a […]
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Why I Won’t be Reading Harry Potter and the Pitiless Sequels
I won’t be reading the new Harry Potter book for one simple but sufficient reason: the silliness has long outweighed any sympathy I had for Rowling’s characters. The silliness was […]
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A Calling to the Contemplative Life (Part One)
This is the second part of my article on “The Maronite Monks of Adoration”. It is dedicated to the first part of a review of Abbot William’s valuable spiritual testimony: […]
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John Lennon: Harmony out of Pain
This is a note from Milton Heiberg, the brilliant photographer who took the cover shot on this book. “My photo of John Lennon is now on his latest biography. It […]
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