- Here’s a very impressive website providing a scrollable and zoomable display of the Sistine Chapel. Definitely worth checking out. (HT First Thoughts). On a similar note, Richard Beck has an unusual post about whether Michelangelo was sneaking neuroanatomical images into his Sistine Chapel paintings.
- Thanks to Kent Eilers for pointing out a particularly scathing remark that Oliver O’Donovan made when reviewing John Milbank’s The Future of Love. It’s the kind of comment every author fears. But, I also think it’s an unfortunately apt description of Milbank’s writing in general.
- Peter Leithart has some short critical comments on John Levinson’s Filled with the Spirit, as well as a number of good questions.
- Here’s a review of Jimmy Dunn‘s newest, Did the First Christians Worship Jesus?: The New Testament Evidence. (HT Exploring Our Matrix)
- Contrary to much contemporary rhetoric, Tony Jones offers some reasons for thinking that “God is Not on the Side of the Poor.” (HT JesusCreed)
- Here’s the transcript of a speech that Rowan Williams gave on “The Fellowship of the Baptized.” (HT Inhabitatio Dei)
- Time magazine offers its list of “The 50 Worst Inventions,” ranging from “the zany to the dangerous to the just plain dumb.” Unsurprising entries include New Coke, subprime mortgages, and spam email; more surprising are Crocs and Foursquare. And, though I’ve never played, I completely agree about Farmville.
- And, if you’re wondering what’s holding up production on The Hobbit, you can read about it here.
Flotsam and jetsam (5/29)
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The display of the Sistine Chapel is amazing. I just need a legend now that explains every painting. Got one of those lying around?