Tag Archives: Sir Thomas More

UTOPIAN DREAMS & SCHEMES and IN-BETWEENS

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Dave

What is Utopia and why does it attract both hope and skepticism in equal measure? In a way that appears meaningful, it is a productive inner tensions between two tendencies: a positive optimistic utopianism and a negative utopian pessimism. A … Continue reading →

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UTOPIA: PARADISE DEFERRED, DELAYED & DETOURED

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Dave

Its the Utopians versus the Dystopians, and at this juncture the latter have prevailed. Communities with European roots embraced the equalizing demands and freedoms of the New World’s open frontier, even as the new country claimed the pursuit of happiness … Continue reading →

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CLERGY BURNOUT: THE AESTHETICS OF DISAPPOINTMENT

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Dave

Believers and Deceivers. The findings have surfaced with ominous regularity over the last few years, and with little notice: Members of the clergy now suffer from obesity, hypertension and depression at rates higher than most Americans. In the last decade, … Continue reading →

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NOWHERE PEOPLE: STRANDED IN ''NOWHERESVILLE''

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Dave

”A few years ago, I told an English professor (who regularly teaches Thomas More’s Utopia in his Renaissance literature courses) that I was preparing to give a paper at a conference of the Society for Utopian Studies. He asked me where the meeting was … Continue reading →