tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post3980376893557907268..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Luther on Lebensraumbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-71696973992771121392007-10-02T12:55:00.000+01:002007-10-02T12:55:00.000+01:00Jonathan - yes, Jürgen Moltmann makes a lot of use...Jonathan - yes, Jürgen Moltmann makes a lot of use of the metaphor of 'wide space' (and I should credit him with using the concept of <I>Lebensraum</I> in this regard - a creative Christian reappropriation of Hitler's imperialism). And yes, it is Scotland - the day I took that photo was a very beautiful day driving through the north of Scotland. Eight <A HREF="http://byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-54208229642980363662007-10-02T10:17:00.000+01:002007-10-02T10:17:00.000+01:00Maybe more emphasis on delightful dependence would...Maybe more emphasis on delightful dependence would help even the bad forms of dependence? This post draws together different things in an interesting way, and I particularly like the picture of the wide space of God's mercy. As for the other picture, is it Scotland?Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663760985851423746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-68165036766802373652007-10-01T01:49:00.000+01:002007-10-01T01:49:00.000+01:00Yes - of course, there is a bad kind of dependence...Yes - of course, there is a bad kind of dependence (co-dependence), but I was being polemical against individualism (or trying to draw out Luther's implicit polemic - ironic that he is often accused of also being one of the intellectual sources of Western individualism).byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-2963439232493809022007-09-30T12:13:00.000+01:002007-09-30T12:13:00.000+01:00"I am delightfully dependent"Awesome. A wonderful ..."I am delightfully dependent"<BR/><BR/>Awesome. A wonderful antithesis to the goal of the modern Westerner; Independence. <BR/><BR/>Can you imagine any adult being praised for saying "I am delightfully dependent"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com