About Television. 1951.

By Carol Jackson Robinson,Feb. 1951. Here seems to be a law of diminishing resistance, whereby people corrupt easier and quicker as progressive barriers come down. For instance if someone were to institute nude bathing, I would be surprised to find much general disapproval. Certainly nothing to compare with the hullabaloo said to have been aroused… Read More About Television. 1951.

Theology is a Progressive Device? ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ

& Sarah’s feminism. Yes Minister is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Comprising three seven-episode series, it was first transmitted on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984. A sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, ran for 16 episodes from 1986 to 1988. All but one of the episodes lasted half an hour, and almost all ended with a variation of the… Read More Theology is a Progressive Device? ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ

Bowling Alone

Loneliness in the West. “Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work — but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone, which The Economist hailed as “a prodigious achievement.” Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans’ changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have… Read More Bowling Alone

U.S. Media Framing Belief as Pathological

… of  Traditional Religious Belief into the Pathological. Observing the not so subtle subtexts in media and their impact in our lives. This Dr. Thomas Hibbs lecture was titled Religious Liberty and Popular Culture Thomas S. Hibbs (November 3, 1960) is an American philosopher and the 9th President of the University of Dallas, a Catholic liberal arts… Read More U.S. Media Framing Belief as Pathological

Media Inducing the Double-Mind

โ€œHave you ever noticed how television and print media will scream themselves hoarse in news documentaries, editorials and heavy analytical pieces about โ€œrising pornography, crime, violence, gunplayโ€ etc.? And yet in the same TV Guide announcing the latest special on โ€œThe Crisis of Sex and Violence in America,โ€ there will appear an advertisement for โ€œMiami… Read More Media Inducing the Double-Mind