Christianity & the living Earth

[Paul Mackin]

I guess I should try harder to curb myself with regard to the ideas and
recommended websites of fellow p-listers and don't discount completely the
generational factor at work here. Was reminded of what Gore Vidal said in
the Plastic Fiction piece about Pynchon pandering to a God hungry youth,
which I though was unfair to P but still accurate about segments of the 70s
generation. At least Pynchon's excursions into nature religion and Mother
Earth worship are well written, poetic, esthetically pleasing and always
witty. Including the treatment of Teilhard.

By the way one of my close friends (close in age too) is a sun worshipper
and not in the tanning sense.

 Determined to try harder.

                 P.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Millison" <DMillison at ftmg.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 5:48 PM
Subject: RE: Christianity & the living Earth


> A serious dialogue between science and religion is underway, despite the
> occasional typographical error that might show up here or there.  This
> dialogue often poses a challenge for people who came of age prior to
WWII --
> my 78-year-old father is a good example -- but worth learning from all the
> same.
>
> You might even say that such a dialogue is made possible in part by the
work
> of people like Pynchon, who have tried to bridge the gap between science
and
> fuzzier studies (the gap Pynchon addresses in his Is It OK to be a
Luddite?
> essay).
>
>
> Mackin:
> It's what happens when you quote someone from the California Institute of
> Integral Studies rather than the California Institute of Technology.
>
>