As I was on the road a couple nights ago, NPR’s All Things Considered was broadcasting a piece educating Joe the Plumbers like me concerning a major, yet overlooked catalyst contributing to the present economic crisis. That villain is called the ‘Credit Default Swap.’ Very briefly, what was once a sober mode of obtaining a [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Credit Default Swaps & the Law of Christ
Posted in Commerce & Christianity on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Outsourcing Welfare – Thoughts on Chadwick’s “Chalmers and the State”
Posted in Benevolence & the Diaconate, Establishments, Thomas Chalmers on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am temporarily putting the review of Parish and Parish Church on hold. I have another volume on interlibrary loan, here, that is due soon. So if you are among the small readership, I haven’t forgotten! And since I am on this side note, if anyone knows any fans of Thomas Chalmers, the history of [...]
Parish and Parish Church, Part 1
Posted in Parish Theory & Practice on October 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A Review with Observations on Parish and Parish Church: Their Place and Influence in History, by P. D. Thompson
Part 1
In Parish and Parish Church, the ‘Baird Lecture for 1935,’ P. D. Thompson traces the origins, development and significance of the parish system in Western Civilization. It is a very useful volume, stimulating a number [...]
A Prophesy (1821) Fulfilled on Wall Street (2008)
Posted in Commerce & Christianity, Thomas Chalmers on October 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just started reading Thomas Chalmers’ Discourses on the Application of Christianity to the Commercial and Ordinary Affairs of Life. Here is a profound quote that strikes me as a prophesy fulfilled this week on Wall Street.
“Without offering any demonstration, at present, upon this matter, we simply state it as our opinion, that, though the [...]
