tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post7454928469714821820..comments2023-12-02T06:33:50.847-08:00Comments on Notes from a Common-place Book: Aesthetic Irresponsibility in a Broad and Gentle Land (Part III)Terry (John)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-86806353866081457792013-03-11T05:33:12.190-07:002013-03-11T05:33:12.190-07:00Interesting note on the pretenses of the English a...Interesting note on the pretenses of the English author. Thanks!<br /><br />The temptation of the moment is to see Allen's writing as indicative of a British type in which faith simply fails to seed, and proceed to characterize the nation unfairly as inherently hostile ("and always has been") to faith... even saying British reformation was inherently political and focused on power than it was fundamental and focused on faith, or "of course English individuality would be more involved in liturgical style than ecclesial understanding and so prove the spawn of disunion rather than concord..." or similar blather. But then there's the possibility that in 100 or 200 years, a resurgence might ratify a different view that in Britain's harsh soil, true faith has always been much more commonly a matter of outposts Iona, where it may be hard to seed, but once seeded it is equally hardy and like English Ivy itself, almost impossible to remove.<br /><br />James the Thickheadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128470567186118742noreply@blogger.com