/lit/ - Literature

>>19035312
>>19035262
>What? A god who loves men, provided only that they believe in him, and who casts an evil eye and threats upon anyone who does not believe in this love? What? A love encapsuled in if-clauses attributed to an almighty god? A love that has not even mastered the feelings of honor and vindictiveness? How Oriental this is! “If I love you, is that your concern?” is a sufficient critique of the whole of Christianity.

>>15967367
coomed to a diverse universe of /b/ content.
Dream of Gerontius

>>14521947
>The protestants have higher rates of that than Catholics, just gets less publicity.
Any sources for this?
t. Catholic

>>14150683
I did not say that he was beautiful (he was, but that is besides the point), just that he was true beauty itself.

>>12471327
Transience.

>>11396942
Agonostic, mainly

I read it as a series of allegories, possibly influenced by history. I do not believe that Genesis was literal history but I do think that there is possibly some sort of truth buried deep within layers of symbolism.

God, to me, means that divine spark that is apparent in every living creature, great and small, strong and weak, violent and peaceful. God is that glimmer of light and that opportunity for a creature to do what can only be described as ultimately selfless and good for the world. God is also the ugly, vile, monotonous, seething hate that every living thing has the potential of doing. God is both of these things to me, but those are only facets of God, for God can only be described as unknown.

I do not believe in the Bible literally, as in I do not think that Jesus is the only means of salvation or that Heaven and Hell are literal realms that you are thrown into depending on whether or not you've lived an honest life. I do believe however that there is some truth to all of these things that it says. That as a man thinks, so he becomes. That as a man sows, so shall he reap. That the architect of the universe did not build a stairway leading nowhere.

J E S U S C H R I S T O

How to /rediscover your faith/, guys? What books should I be reading to try and reconnect with the divine? I'm planning on re-reading the Brothers Karamazov since I don't think I got it the first time. Other ideas? Philosophical texts welcome too. Fear and Trembling was important in setting me on this track.

>>10237516
>radically contemporary
Oh boy here we fucking go. Did she ever consider that something written thousands of years ago probably SHOULDN'T be re-written in a radically contemporary manner? You know; it probably loses a little something something because of it wouldn't you think?

>>10237524
And here's the fucking proof. Jesus this is bad. It's literally just dumbed down. There's no insight here or artistic flair. All this does is make me think that in a few years we'll have 'Odyssey - Emoji version', or 'Odyssey - Ebonics version'.

>the only prof who remembered and was on good terms with me is retracting her letter of recommendation because she can't in good conscience recommend someone so pathetic to academia
Guess I didn't want to go to grad school anyways...

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Atheists and members of other Christian denominations are welcome to debate theology, faith, etc. But please keep it civil.

>The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. (Lamentations 3:25-26)

Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU4ycRzwqDc

Recommended Reading:

>New American Bible (Revised Edition)
>Douay–Rheims Bible

Theology and Basics of Catholicism
>Adams, Karl – The Spirit of Catholicism
>Bouyer, Louis – Spirit and Forms of Protestantism
>Catholic Church – Catechism of the Catholic Church
>Guardini, Romano – The End of the Modern World
>Guardini, Romano – The Lord
>Hahn, Scott – Rome Sweet Home
>Kreeft, Peter – Christianity for Modern Pagans
>Newman, John Henry – Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
>Newman, John Henry – Parochial and Plain Sermons
>Ott, Ludwig – Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma
>Pieper, Josef – The Four Cardinal Virtues

History and Culture
>Belloc, Hilaire – The Great Heresies
>Belloc, Hilaire – How The Reformation Happened
>Belloc, Hilaire – Survivals and New Arrivals
>Carroll, Warren – Christendom I: Founding of Christendom
>Carroll, Warren – Christendom II: The Building of Christendom
>Carroll, Warren – Christendom III: The Glory of Christendom
>Carroll, Warren – Christendom IV: The Cleaving of Christendom
>Crocker III, H.W. – Triumph
>Dawson, Christopher – Christianity and European Culture
>Knox, Ronald – Enthusiasm
>Leclercq, Jean – Love of Learning and the Desire for God
>Walsh, William – Our Lady of Fatima

Holy Men and Women
>Chesterton, G.K. – St. Francis of Assisi
>Chesterton, G.K. – St. Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox
>Day, Dorothy – The Long Loneliness
>John XXIII, Pope John – Journal of a Soul
>Merton, Thomas – The Seven Storey Mountain
>Muggeridge, Malcolm – Something Beautiful for God
>Newman, John Henry – Apologia Pro Vita Sua
>Suarez, Federico – Mary of Nazareth
>Trochu, F. – The Cure of Ars
>Wegemer, Gerard – Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage
>Weigel, George – Witness to Hope

Literary Classics
>Alighieri, Dante – The Divine Comedy
>Benson, Robert Hugh – Lord of the World
>Bernanos, George – The Diary of a Country Priest
>de Cervantes, Miguel – Don Quixote
>Eliot, T.S. – Christianity and Culture
>Endo, Shusaku – Silence
>Hopkins, Gerard Manley – Poems and Prose
>Newman, John Henry – The Idea of a University
>O’Conner, Flannery – The Complete Stories
>Percy, Walker – Lost in the Cosmos
>Percy, Walker – Love in the Ruins
>Sienkiewicz, Henryk – Quo Vadis
>Tolkien, J.R.R. – The Lord of the Rings
>Undset, Sigrid – Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Bridal Wreath
>Undset, Sigrid – Kristin Lavransdatter II : The Wife
>Undset, Sigrid – Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross
>Waugh, Evelyn – Brideshead Revisited
>Wolfe, Gene – The Book of the New Sun
>Wolfe, Gene – The Fifth Head of Cerberus

Does anyone have thoughts on Diarmond MacCulloch's History of Christianity?

can we dump some renaissance/classical art? (i know this artist isn't renaissance but i really like it) anyways I was just watching some Bob Ross and I was like damn I really want to learn about real art so can I learn about real art?

>>9251783
>Beyond Good and Evil/Thus Spake Zarathustra
>The Essays of Michel Montaigne
>American Psycho
Not even memeing, desu.

>>9011499

All the time. Also imagine myself married to girls I had crushes on back then and haven't see since.

>In the beginning... there was The Bible.

wow way to go God

what a fucking hack

0/10 would not recommend

Does anyone have an exstensive list of literature by century? Nationality is not important, and with a preference to works before the 18th century.

>>8869568
>>abandon materialism but can't buy into traditionalism and the racialism/aristocracy worship
The answer should be obvious.

>>8798119
iktf everyone hates timid people

>>8772123
>tfw you lost an IOU from your bookstore for three free books
>tfw you accidentally had an order of books shipped to the wrong address

I guess there's always the library.

Any recommendations for learning how to write metered poetry?

>>8461572
>It's another "oldfag goes nuts screaming about 'back in my day' and 'your generation doesn't understand anything about true (fill in the blank)!' episode

>Too poor to buy food
>Haven't eaten in two days
>Don't get any money until Thursday
Looks like I'm gonna have to pawn my possessions again.
I'm seriously thinking about exiting soon