Comments on: Lives Well Lived http://www.rogerhansen.org/2009/03/lives-well-lived/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:48:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Roger Hansen http://www.rogerhansen.org/2009/03/lives-well-lived/#comment-8933 Roger Hansen Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:01:01 +0000 http://www.rogerhansen.org/?p=414#comment-8933 According to Steven F. Peck in Dialogue (Spring 2010, p. 14): "One of the first theologians to attempt to address these concerns (reconcile evolution, God, and Christianity) was Jesuit paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955). He engagement with evolution was personally costly, since his church put considerable institutional pressure on him for his insistence on a theological engagement with evolution." And on p 15: "While his (Teilhard's) attempt to reconcile these disparate fields has not endured as a solution to the problem of an evolutionary theology, his efforts were significant in raising questions about how to fully embrace both evolution and theology in inventive and imaginative ways." According to Steven F. Peck in Dialogue (Spring 2010, p. 14):

“One of the first theologians to attempt to address these concerns (reconcile evolution, God, and Christianity) was Jesuit paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955). He engagement with evolution was personally costly, since his church put considerable institutional pressure on him for his insistence on a theological engagement with evolution.”

And on p 15:

“While his (Teilhard’s) attempt to reconcile these disparate fields has not endured as a solution to the problem of an evolutionary theology, his efforts were significant in raising questions about how to fully embrace both evolution and theology in inventive and imaginative ways.”

]]> By: Roger Hansen http://www.rogerhansen.org/2009/03/lives-well-lived/#comment-8551 Roger Hansen Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:43:17 +0000 http://www.rogerhansen.org/?p=414#comment-8551 Another Frenchman I greatly admire is John Francois Millet, the 19th century painter of the rural poor. Another Frenchman I greatly admire is John Francois Millet, the 19th century painter of the rural poor.

]]> By: Roger Hansen http://www.rogerhansen.org/2009/03/lives-well-lived/#comment-3515 Roger Hansen Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:06:15 +0000 http://www.rogerhansen.org/?p=414#comment-3515 Samuel Beckett is another person who's work I admire. In a French lit class at BYU we read his play "En attendant Godot" (or in English "Waiting for Godot." Beckett was an Irish ex-pat who lived in France and wrote in French. The original French version of "Godot" was written between October 1948 and January 1949. It is one of the most significant plays of the 20th century. I think the play is currently being performed in NYC. Samuel Beckett is another person who’s work I admire. In a French lit class at BYU we read his play “En attendant Godot” (or in English “Waiting for Godot.” Beckett was an Irish ex-pat who lived in France and wrote in French. The original French version of “Godot” was written between October 1948 and January 1949. It is one of the most significant plays of the 20th century. I think the play is currently being performed in NYC.

]]> By: Roger Hansen http://www.rogerhansen.org/2009/03/lives-well-lived/#comment-3455 Roger Hansen Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:57:13 +0000 http://www.rogerhansen.org/?p=414#comment-3455 Another person that should probably be on my list is Belgian artist James Ensor. "An isolated and splenetic man, contempous of both authority and the human herd, always feuding with the world and licking his wounds." His artwork is truly different. "The son of a transplanted Englishman, Ensor spent almost his entire life in the Belgian seaside resort of Ostend, working in an attic studio above his family's souvenir and novelty shop . . ." Time Magazine, July 27, 2009 Another person that should probably be on my list is Belgian artist James Ensor. “An isolated and splenetic man, contempous of both authority and the human herd, always feuding with the world and licking his wounds.” His artwork is truly different. “The son of a transplanted Englishman, Ensor spent almost his entire life in the Belgian seaside resort of Ostend, working in an attic studio above his family’s souvenir and novelty shop . . .” Time Magazine, July 27, 2009

]]> By: Roger Hansen http://www.rogerhansen.org/2009/03/lives-well-lived/#comment-2211 Roger Hansen Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:02:48 +0000 http://www.rogerhansen.org/?p=414#comment-2211 And also writer and pilot: Antoine de Saint Exupery. His "Le Petit Prince" is a masterpiece of children's (and adult) literature. He died during WWII. And also writer and pilot: Antoine de Saint Exupery. His “Le Petit Prince” is a masterpiece of children’s (and adult) literature. He died during WWII.

]]> By: Roger Hansen http://www.rogerhansen.org/2009/03/lives-well-lived/#comment-1130 Roger Hansen Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:41:54 +0000 http://www.rogerhansen.org/?p=414#comment-1130 I need to add Edif Piaf to this list. I need to add Edif Piaf to this list.

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