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Why are you laughing? Reflections on the ethics of gallows humor

December 7, 2012 by Randal

Fads come and go. And thirty years ago the fad on the playground was collecting stickers. So I followed the herd and got my photo album which I promptly filled with scratch and sniffs and various other stickers. I had quite a collection (indeed, I still have that album packed away somewhere). While the scratch […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: bioethics, ethics, Hastings Center, speech act

Speech acts and imprecatory psalms

November 23, 2012 by Randal

A few days ago I commended Psalm 137 as an ideal text for family devotions. This is admittedly quite a change from the silent treatment that most Christians give the psalm. That silent treatment arises from Christians being (rightly) shocked by the content and unsure what to do with it. In the article my daughter described […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: imprecatory psalms, speech act

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