When I was young "Everything I Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten" was a popular book. I think it was a collection of sermons by a Unitarian. Kind of in that anodyne style that also characterized certain newspaper columns of the era. Honestly, sermons are works I'm pretty fond of. They remind me a little bit of essays, but written to be delivered in person. They're different from speeches to me too. A different purpose. There's a lot of stuff that I think does descend from the sermon tradition, but nothing quite like it. I'd say it's more or less a dead art form, alongside syndicated newspaper columns.
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 16:43 (four months ago) link
Lily - I am OK with Williams and will have a look. He did a pretty decent interview on Rilke that I happened to come across a few years ago.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 17:09 (four months ago) link
The guy from Sublunary who reprinted Taylor also had a lot of time for Thomas Traherne.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Traherne
Guess we could expand this thread to include spiritual writing.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 17:13 (four months ago) link
i've always felt there might be interesting stuff in Bossuet, but have never known where to start
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 23:48 (four months ago) link