Chris Dierkes
Chris was raised in the US and now lives in Canada (having emigrated in via marriage to my beautiful wife). He's a Christian (Anglican) priest, holding a Master’s Degree in Divinity (MDiv).
Though a Christian and that lens ultimately is the one through which he sees the world, Chris has spent a number of years studying and practicing various practices from many of the world’s great religious traditions. He has written and thought a great deal about the relationship between religion, society, and politics in the contemporary world.
In the great debate between secularism and religion (as it is commonly understood and practiced) in our day and age, Chris feels like Leslie Nielsen’s Dr. Rummack in Airplane! When told that the passengers had the choice between fish and steak as their on-flight meal, Rummack responds, “Oh yes, I remember I had the lasagna.”
The fish of secularism and the steak of common religion will not do. Only the lasagna of post-postmodern religion will satiate. We hope you like Italian.
Competing Narratives on Libyan Intervention
Saturday Night Jukebox: Revolution Edition
Egypt
Therapy, Yoga, and Awakening
Against The Use of the Terms Masculine and Feminine in the Spiritual Path
Being Chuck: A 21st Century Hero's Journey
Charles Taylor On The Secular Age
Question: Integrating Spiritual Identities?
White Culture is Culture
Tron Legacy: A Postmodern Reinterpretation
The Bird of Grey
Blessed Christmas
Chris as Luke Skywalker in Video
Quote of the Day: Old Spice Guy Speaks
Newsflash: Facebook is Media
St. Nick and Sex Slavery
Art Contemplation: Bruegel the Elder
Gangsta Guru
Becoming the Soul: The Flavor of Enlightenment
Quote of the Day: Sarah Padrillard?
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