Tag Archives: Charles Lewis

fetish for the demons

This familiar sequence of volcanic eruption and cooling off illustrates yet again Max Weber’s notions of bureaucratization and the routinization of charisma. Post-modern financial institutions, a mobile faith like the Pentecosts, correspond to a global financial flow. from Slavoj Zizek:Thus, … Continue reading

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speaking in tongues: old time religion

When religious ecstasy is the basis of the experience of faith. The immediate experience. The immediate sensation. Instant gratification. A direct connection to the messianic or its impending arrival. Glossolalia. Pentecostals believe that true religious experience is God sending down … Continue reading

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CLERGY BURNOUT: THE AESTHETICS OF DISAPPOINTMENT

Believers and Deceivers. The findings have surfaced with ominous regularity over the last few years, and with little notice: Members of the clergy now suffer from obesity, hypertension and depression at rates higher than most Americans. In the last decade, … Continue reading

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DEAD PEASANT CLAUSE

”The British parliamentary tradition, which we inherited, resisted 19th-century Chartist demands for universal suffrage, based on similar fears that the elites would lose out, until they realized, to their surprise and delight, that it wouldn’t happen after all due to … Continue reading

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Who Moved The Cheese.

In business terminology Luck= A Prepared Mind. However, when you make the rules and shape the outcome, luck can become the normal, even banal. Matt Taibbi’s reporting in Rolling Stone, ”The Great American Bubble Machine”, is like a bad rash, … Continue reading

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Should Not the Shepherds Feed the Sheep

”Is Christianity and banking compatible? Yes,” said John Varley, chief executive of Barclays PLC. “And is Christianity and fair reward compatible? Yes.”… Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., told the Sunday Times of London he is “doing God’s … Continue reading

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