tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post3135368624488346025..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: Christmas II 2013Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-35118819254856156412013-12-26T10:59:26.026-06:002013-12-26T10:59:26.026-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.alberichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852752646926946626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-32583041505060414292013-12-26T10:49:02.875-06:002013-12-26T10:49:02.875-06:00There is also a radically economic view of the Tor...There is also a radically economic view of the Torah: the term C'naani (Canaanite) need not refer to an "ethnicity" but refers to wealthy merchants, essentially what the late great Molly Ivins would point out that in Texas y'all would call (Grande or even Haute) Bourgeoisie. Whatever "Mosaic" religion is, it is in opposition to (Grande/Haute) Bourgeois values.<br /><br />An interesting socio-economic aspect therefore of Pharisaic (and later Rabbinic) Judaism is that it adopts the fundamentally Proletarian religion of Moses, Israel and Judah into a religion by and for the (Moyenne) Bourgeoisie. Perhaps some of the anti-Pharisaic sentiment of the New Testament makes sense in this economic light? Of course, speaking as a member of the Moyenne Bourgeoisie (by birth and breeding and hopefully in a few years -- once I manage to get my next promotion or once my wife is able to get a job -- by economic status as well), I do find Judaism to be a nice fit ;)<br /><br />I guess you could say that Puritanism (and its antecedent and successor movements) also represent an attempt to adopt Christianity to (Moyenne) Bourgeoisie values. Which I would imagine is part of why they hated Christmas so much: if historically Christmas celebrations involved the first becoming last and the last becoming first (e.g. the Lord of Misrule), where does that leave those in the middle? In the same place? And if so, then what's the point of the celebration to those in the middle?alberichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852752646926946626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-36320461117435883042013-12-26T09:49:47.690-06:002013-12-26T09:49:47.690-06:00Well, I was educated (in seminary) into a radicall...Well, I was educated (in seminary) into a radically economic view of the gospels, i.e., that one core of the teachings was against the system that perpetuates poverty. That is (again), poverty is not a natural condition, like drought or flood or wildfire, it is a human-created one. So when Brown sings "But if any one of us should interfere/In the business of why there are poor" it goes right to the heart of my understanding of both the gospels, and the reason for the Crucifixion (you don't mess with the Pax Romana).Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-71448303318573283902013-12-26T07:16:23.664-06:002013-12-26T07:16:23.664-06:00I'm always a day late, should have read this b...I'm always a day late, should have read this before I posted my day-after post. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com