Re: 2 Q's


Subject: Re: 2 Q's
From: Benjamin Samuels (madhava@sprynet.com)
Date: Thu Feb 24 2000 - 23:14:47 EST


Jim,

True, true...

Here's a question- forgive the shaky formulation, I had only the briefest
experience in English and the Theory of Criticism while in college- is
there a theological school of criticism where this sort of reading, (or
readings as Jim has pointed out) are considered and discussed. It seems
much (most?) of academia is rooted in atheism.

Love,
Madhava
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From: <AntiUtopia@aol.com>

> The one thing I'd have to disagree with you about is the idea that this or
that specific theology isn't important.
>
> I won't argue with that idea per se, but you need to realize it is a
statement that works within a very specific theology and some very specific
beliefs about what God is (and is not) that not everyone shares.
>
> It's a specific theological statement that I think Saligner would share,
tho.
>
> Jim
>
> > I feel that Salinger writes from a perspective where the qestion of this
or
> > that specific theology isn't important. True Spirituality is Uiversal;
> > Perenial. I agree that one shouldn't go to salinger for spirtual
philosophy
> > or theology. He doesn't explain spirituality but I do think he tries to
> > deliver a sort of Zen Thwak, a set of symbols and ideas that might cause
a
> > sudden spiritual insight to occur on it's own. To me, maybe because I
> > uderstand my life through the eyes of a bodhisatva, that is the goal of
Art.
> > I realize Art can be many things to many people, but that is my
perspective.
> >
> > I feel I enter into sort of tenuous ground when talk turns to
spirituality.
> > It seems the deeper inside our true selves we speak from, the more grand
and
> > intricate our linguistic bridges need to become to hold us together.
> > Although I'm unsure whether it's really possible to make the cross on
such a
> > linguistic bridge (it's definately easier to make cross out of such
> > bridges), I enjoy it and the challenges that make it possible. It may
even
> > be Art.
> >
> > Love,
> > Madhava
> >
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