Archive for November, 2018

Khanya Blog

• Theological education and literature 5 December 2019
  The other day Brenton Dickieson asked an interesting question on Twitter: Hey lit friends: imagine you are teaching an undergrad intro lit course at a Bible College to sophomore theology students (Christian worldview focus). What’s: 1) One essential reading? 2) An outlier–an engaging book that you think would invite students into discussion? I posted it […] […]
• St Andrew’s Church consecrated in Midrand, South Africa 30 November 2019
  Nearly seven years ago the foundation stone for St Andrew’s Church was laid in Midrand. It was the first Romanian Orthodoxc Church to be built in Africa. On St Andrew\s Day, 30th November 2019, it was consecrated by His Eminence Damaskinos, the Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria and His Eminence Iosif, Bishop of the Romanian […]
• The Concert and La Belle Sauvage 22 November 2019
  At first sight the two books I discuss here seem to have little in common, so perhaps it is mere coincidence that I happened to read them at about the same time that made me see several similarities between them. So here are my separate reviews, followed by some thoughts about them together. La Belle […]
• Mostly about identity politics 8 November 2019
  Discussion at our Neoinklings literary coffee klatsch today revolved mostly around identity politics. It started with David Levey bringing his copy of Stranger in a strange land, which we had discussed a bit last month.I had noted then that I thought the first half of the book was OK, but the second half was boring […]
• Ghost stories and Henry James 4 November 2019
  Ghost Stories by Henry James My rating: 3 of 5 stars Nearly 50 years ago someone found a copy of The Turn of the Screw in an old house where I was staying. I recognised the author as someone quite famous, and recalled that some of his books had been set for English literature classes […]