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Doubting the doctrine of hell: India disorients a Christian
One of Andrew Sullivan’s blog readers wrote this today: I’m a Christian . . . I think. I say, “I think” because a recent trip to India left me stumbling on the foundation of faith laid since my youth. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Christianity, doubt, fundamentalism, globalization, God, hell, howard roark, India, Jesus, The Fountainhead, torture
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Form Follows Whose Function?: Reflections on Brasilia and the Career of Architect Oscar Niemeyer
The career of Oscar Niemeyer (the architect who almost singlehandedly designed all of Brasilia) is discussed in a fascinating Atlantic article titled, A Vision in Concrete (July/August 2008). It opens thus: It was a heroic and inhuman scheme. From 1956 to … Continue reading
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Tagged albert speer, architecture, art, authoritarian, Ayn Rand, brasilia, brazil, China, howard roark, modernism, oscar niemeyer, The Fountainhead
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