Posted in Research & Reflections on Feb 25th, 2011
Anthropologists have Tylor and Frazer. But are there armchair theologians? This term very often has a bad connotation in an academy that constantly strives to be relevant to the public. When considering the sixteenth-century School of Salamanca and theologians such as Vitoria, Cano, and Peña, armchair theology seems to be applicable. They have received criticism from […]
Posted in Books & Films on Feb 18th, 2011
Movies that are about making movies aren’t that good normally. They are often distracting and self-absorbed (Charlie Kauffman’s “Adaptation,” for all its creativity, stands out here). So when a movie comes along and demonstrates the real potential of using this narrative style, it deserves special recognition. “También la lluvia” (“Even the Rain”), directed by Icíar Bollaín, […]
Posted in Research & Reflections on Feb 3rd, 2011
One only needs to take a glance at Spanish political history to be aware of the famous debate over the (in)justice of conquest in the New World, which unfolded between the bishop from Chiapas, Las Casas, and his great rival, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, at Valladolid in August of 1550. Less known, however, was the intellectual dispute through […]