

“It would be interesting to compare Tarkovsky’s work with the Hollywood commercial rewritings of novels which have served as bases for movies: Tarkovsky does exactly the same as the lowest Hollywood producer, re-inscribing the enigmatic encounter with Otherness, the Thing, into the framework of the production of the couple.”
― Event: Philosophy in Transit
― Event: Philosophy in Transit
“The peace to come gives the present no peace.”
― For a Church to Come: Experiments in Postmodern Theory and Anabaptist Thought
― For a Church to Come: Experiments in Postmodern Theory and Anabaptist Thought

“Does everything that exists have to be grounded in sufficient reasons? Or are there things that somehow happen out of nowhere?”
― Event: Philosophy in Transit
― Event: Philosophy in Transit
“Nothing can guarantee that the community will not become a monster—especially if it does not put its own presuppositions at risk and listen to the other”
― For a Church to Come: Experiments in Postmodern Theory and Anabaptist Thought
― For a Church to Come: Experiments in Postmodern Theory and Anabaptist Thought

“We lose eight children and teenagers to gun violence every day. If a mysterious virus suddenly started killing eight of our children every day, America would mobilize teams of doctors and public health officials. We would move heaven and earth until we found a way to protect our children. But not with gun violence.”
― A Fighting Chance
― A Fighting Chance
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