Monthly Archives: March 2010

Well, hello there.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

My name is Matt. I’m a full-fledged Catholic, a convert from secularism and everything. I am interested primarily in theology and morality, to the extent of making religion my primary concentration here. I am fascinated by ethics and metaphysics.
To start off what will hopefully be a fruitful experience of blogging across religious lines, let me [...]

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Religion at Harvard

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

http://www.newsweek.com/id/233413
I thought this was an especially interesting article because it shed light on a number of intersections we are navigating:  What role do we as believers and/or students of religion allow faith to play in our lives — personally and publicly? Does participating in a fiercely vigorous academic environment  lead us to separate our beliefs [...]

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Selections from Rajaji’s Mahabharata

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

One of my many purchases on a recent trip to India was a copy of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari’s English translation of the Mahabharata.  Rajaji (1878-1972) was an important Indian statesman, but he spent a bit of his active life on literature and religion rather than politics.  His Mahabharata is ~450 pages long, which can hardly include [...]

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