Submitted by CellarDoor on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 00:51.
Hello,
The recorder apparently started about a minute into the session, so I thought I'd post the approximate text (from my notes) of what I said up to the point where the recording kicks in.
1. Apologize for the condition of my voice/sinus troubles
2. Thanks to the conference organizers for having me
I am a graduate student in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Southern Indiana, I live in an anarchist housing cooperative in Evansville, Indiana, I am a pacifist, and I am interested in both green and communitarian forms of anarchism, though advocates of the two are often in conflict with one another. I'm also very interested in deconstruction and other aspects of 20th century European continental philosophy, and plan to pursue a Ph.D in philosophy, with an eye towards applications of philosophy for theology and cultural criticism. I am a nondenominational Protestant Christian, with Anabaptist tendencies, but I attend St. John The Apostle Catholic Church in Evansville, a largely African-American parish where they sing the mass with gospel music. I'm not sure you've really lived until you've celebrated mass with gospel music. I also was just recently invested as a novice Benedictine Oblate through St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana.
I.Brief introduction
This conference is all about the perspectives of cynicism and hope, and how a Christian viewing through these lenses can inform our practice as disciples of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, in the social and cultural milieu in which we find ourselves today.
Those who describe and criticize culture today often use various terms prefixed with the ubiquitous designation "post", as in post-modern, post-industrial, and the keyword in question for this gathering: post-democratic.
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I hope that's helpful. Anyone who's interested can check out my upcoming series on this same topic on the Jesus Manifesto blog.
text of what's missing at the beginning
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1. Apologize for the condition of my voice/sinus troubles
2. Thanks to the conference organizers for having me
I am a graduate student in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Southern Indiana, I live in an anarchist housing cooperative in Evansville, Indiana, I am a pacifist, and I am interested in both green and communitarian forms of anarchism, though advocates of the two are often in conflict with one another. I'm also very interested in deconstruction and other aspects of 20th century European continental philosophy, and plan to pursue a Ph.D in philosophy, with an eye towards applications of philosophy for theology and cultural criticism. I am a nondenominational Protestant Christian, with Anabaptist tendencies, but I attend St. John The Apostle Catholic Church in Evansville, a largely African-American parish where they sing the mass with gospel music. I'm not sure you've really lived until you've celebrated mass with gospel music. I also was just recently invested as a novice Benedictine Oblate through St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana.
I.Brief introduction
This conference is all about the perspectives of cynicism and hope, and how a Christian viewing through these lenses can inform our practice as disciples of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, in the social and cultural milieu in which we find ourselves today. Those who describe and criticize culture today often use various terms prefixed with the ubiquitous designation "post", as in post-modern, post-industrial, and the keyword in question for this gathering: post-democratic.
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I hope that's helpful. Anyone who's interested can check out my upcoming series on this same topic on the Jesus Manifesto blog.
Jason
An Absolution Revolution