{"id":6415,"date":"2016-05-25T12:05:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T12:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/05\/25\/what-i-am-reading-now\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T12:05:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T12:05:41","slug":"what-i-am-reading-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/05\/25\/what-i-am-reading-now\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Am Reading Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

At any given time I am reading a half-dozen or so books on a wide variety of topics.  I'll mention three I am reading at the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Introduction to Christianity<\/em>, Ignatius Press, 2004, trs. J.T. Foster and Michael J. Miller. German original first published in 1968.  Outstanding.  Ratzinger has a good probing  philosophical head.  The book is essentially a deep meditation on the Apostles' Creed.  Amazingly rich.  I thank my young theological friend Steven Nemes<\/a> for recommending it to me. <\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Roubiczek, Thinking Towards Religion<\/em>, Nabu Public Domain Reprints, no date, but original first published by Darwen Finlayson Ltd., London, February 1957.  Everything I have read by Roubiczek is worth the effort even if it is in German.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Lessler, Shooter's Guide to Handgun Marksmanship<\/em>, F + W Media, 2013.  This book has proven to be very helpful in my quest for greater proficiency with the 1911 model .45 semi-automatic pistol.  I was having some trouble with this powerful weapon.  The book clearly exposed all my mistakes.  The book also covers 'wheel guns,' i.e., revolvers.  <\/span><\/p>\n

The practice of political incorrectness is as important, perhaps more important, than the theory of political incorrectness. Same with religion: you must practice one to understand it.  Ethics too: it is not merely theoretical, but oriented toward action; so you must try to act ethically if you would understand ethics.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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At any given time I am reading a half-dozen or so books on a wide variety of topics.  I'll mention three I am reading at the moment. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Introduction to Christianity, Ignatius Press, 2004, trs. J.T. Foster and Michael J. Miller. German original first published in 1968.  Outstanding.  Ratzinger has a good probing … Continue reading “What I Am Reading Now”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,389,289],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alcohol-tobacco-and-firearms","category-bibliophilia","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}