You link Babel’s bricks to empire and Pentecost’s tongues to a politics that holds difference without collapse. The contrast between uniformity by fire and stone in place gives the argument a frame that carries through Isaiah, Paul, and Revelation. I value use of Alter and Welker to keep philology and politics together without losing force of story in the end. - Thanks again, Bryce!
Beautiful unpacking and elucidation of several texts. Two thoughts come to mind:
• stolpersteine. The stumbling stones”
Installed in sidewalks with brass plates, commemorating holocaust victims throughout Europe.
• LEED building standards. Incorporating new materials and engineering in construction of buildings literally to save the planet.
Corner stones of a practice and epistemology.
Cort, these are wonderful associations. Stones as witnesses -- as hearers and as ways of knowing. Thanks.
You link Babel’s bricks to empire and Pentecost’s tongues to a politics that holds difference without collapse. The contrast between uniformity by fire and stone in place gives the argument a frame that carries through Isaiah, Paul, and Revelation. I value use of Alter and Welker to keep philology and politics together without losing force of story in the end. - Thanks again, Bryce!
Thank you, William!