Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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8-Bit Philosophy: Is Capitalism Bad For You? (Or Weber Was Wrong)
This video offers a good overview of Max Weber’s thesis in The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism. If you haven’t read it, you might be surprised at how theological the capitalist work ethic is according to Weber. You might also be surprised at how he sees Calvinistic theology motivating the desire to work. While…
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Advancing Trinitarian Theology: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics
For the last three years, theologians have gathered in California for the Los Angeles Theology conference. This past year the focal point was the atonement. The first year, it was Christology. Last year it was the Trinity, and thanks to Zondervan, I’ve the published copy of the papers presented. The opening chapter is by one…
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Atonement, Law, and Justice: The Cross in Historical and Cultural Contexts
Early in his work, Atonement, Law, and Justice: The Cross in Historical and Cultural Contexts, Adonis Vidu notes, “While some excellent monographs have been written, few writers have embraced the task of writing a history of atonement theories” (xiii). In what follows, he doesn’t offer an exhaustive history, but does give a superb overview of the…
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Music Monday: Guitar Covers by Andre Antunes (Uptown Funk + Get Lucky)
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God’s Battle Plan For The Mind: The Puritan Practice of Biblical Meditation
One thing that struck me after reading Tim Keller’s book on prayer was how much importance he placed on meditation. Not just meditation in the abstract, or even the secular benefits of it, but the practice of meditating specifically on Scripture as a prelude to prayer. He spent a good portion on the topic, but I…
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New Books of Note
I’ve interacted briefly with several of Baker Books’ Teach The Text commentary series (Romans, Job, Luke). A couple of additional volumes have been added to the series since then and I’ve been able to get a hold of the one on 1 Corinthians by Preben Vang (NT prof at PBA). We are currently going through 1 Corinthians…
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Music Monday: Louisville Kids Cover Led Zeppelin
When I was in high school, I not only played the drum set, but I learned how to play the marimba. I don’t think any videos survive. Also, YouTube didn’t exist anyway. But, if it had, and if I wasn’t homeschooled, I might have been involved in something like this: For comparison, here’s the original…
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Music Monday: The Thundersnow Song
Hopefully you saw this video of Jim Cantore freaking out about thundersnow: Like all good things, it was “songified” by the Gregory Brothers and it’s a good jam for your winter weather blues:
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Metal Monday: Ukulele, Banjo, and 9-String Guitar
I’ve recently been enjoying some videos from Rob Scallon. Here is his cover a couple of Slayer songs, first on a ukulele, and second on a banjo: Then, here is his video noting how you can make a pretty decent metal song (at least djent style) using only one note on a 9-string guitar. It…
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Ancient Music Monday: “The Flood,” An Album of Sumerian and Babylonian Poetry
If you’re like me, you might have wondered what ancient music sounded like. Well, you can’t really know for sure, but this project uses ancient Sumerian poetry and instruments to try to recreate what it might have sounded like. From Laughing Squid: The Flood is the self-described “first-ever CD of new music sung entirely in…
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