Thank god

[theatokos]

Thank the good lord for:
*FINALLY getting all of my paperwork sorted out and completed. The only thing left to do is get a library card.
*Fast computers in the student computer lab that I can now use.
*Not being 18 anymore.
*Clear sunny skies and bright green land with fresh air and no advertisting around.
*Scones with jam and cream. REAL British scones with thick clotted cream. Not some pansy ass coolwhip "substitute" or those triangular doorstops Americans try to pass off as scones.
*A cafe that serves food made from actual vegetables. Not mushy broccoli in bland sauce, which seems to be the norm.

And, it turns out that even though I applied to the MPhil program I am accepted as a PhD student! Every postgrad is assigned to the MPhil for one year (sort of as probabtion) to weed out those not capable of actual PhD work. This changes my life plan considerably.

Lastly, it looks like my dissertation is headed in the direction of looking at Mary as Co-Redemptrix and the implications of that for the Trinity - which will encompass feminist and cosmological theologies, Mary's adaptation and cooption of pre-Christian Divine Feminine symbols, and a healthy evaluation of the impacts on and implications for the three branches of Christianity.

Hot damn. Nobody steal this for their own dissertation, now.

Off to: get library card, go check out the town's bazaar on being a post-oil community, and hopefully grab a drink with chiv. I could use a stiff drink.

Comments

[seagull42.livejournal.com]

>Lastly, it looks like my dissertation is headed in the direction of
>looking at Mary as Co-Redemptrix and the implications of that for the
>Trinity - which will encompass feminist and cosmological theologies,
>Mary's adaptation and cooption of pre-Christian Divine Feminine
>symbols, and a healthy evaluation of the impacts on and
>implications for the three branches of Christianity.
Sounds fascinating. Wasn't there a movement in the Catholic church sometime in the last decade to put more emphasis on Mary as Co-redemptrix, and what that might mean? (Though my vague memory is the church made the decision that people weren't ready for that, or something...)

Are you considering Mary as "equal" to the Trinity, or more along the lines of completely involved "with"?

It would be interesting to hear more of your thoughts.

>implications for the three branches of Christianity.
Here's where I'm way out of my depth... It often seems to me that there are huge differences of opinion within a certain branch, and that sometimes denominations within different branches have more in common than denominations withing the same branch. I'm curious - how does one speak of the implications for a branch without speaking to those differences?

DUUUUUDE

[hrafntinna.livejournal.com]

That is all.

Re: DUUUUUDE

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Excuse me? Are you making a comment about my impending brilliance? Or agreeing with me that mushy vegetables are horrid?