tradition

So far in this series thinking about tradition, I’ve introduced a simple definition of the term and drawn some implications from that definition, and looked at how the major cultural movements of the past few centuries impact how we understand the idea of receiving a tradition ‘faithfully’. But any discussion of faithfulness to a religious … Continue reading Tradition(ed): Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy

I started last week’s post introducing this series on tradition by commenting on how so much contemporary discourse around tradition seems to be either revolutionary — expressing a desire to tear down what has come before — or reactionary — rejecting the present in favor of the (imagined) past. These two misunderstandings of tradition are … Continue reading Tradition(ed): What Does It Mean to Be Faithful?

I frame this blog as a forum for me to reflect on the intersections of contemporary ideas in psychology and personal wellbeing and ancient spiritual traditions generally, and Christianity specifically. But while I’ve spent a lot of time here promoting and justifying the first half of that equation, I’ve spent less time (though not none) … Continue reading Tradition(ed)