haha Same here, Kerri! I sought it out specifically for its explainer (teaser) of the book I enjoyed this week. The history of the housing market as it now stands, specifically how mortgages came to be all wrapped up and intertwined in the tentacles of the US economy was a portion in the book they didn't get to there. But it's really wild.
Love all the housing and development-related pieces this week! The Buildings and Analogies of Grace piece is so good: "Without a vision of the common good we cannot build well” and "human beings need justice, beauty and order to thrive. This is not an argument for architectural or stylistic uniformity... It is an argument, rather, for much more reflection on just what it is we want to build and what kind of criteria we apply in doing so. Well insulated, weatherproof, durable, certainly, but also buildings which respect human proportion, which seek to be beautiful, and which respect the priority of the common treasury."
Man, I loved that one, as well. I often like to put secular pieces next to related ones of a Christian perspective next to each other, enhancing the idea that no part of "the regular, actual world" is outside the domain for Christians to think about and participate in shaping. My mind goes to the classical tradition of education and how - historically - things like math and philosophy, the natural world and literature, architecture and music were not so parceled out and segmented, but connected by a shared understanding of the good, true, beautiful. So I'm increasingly convinced that the built environment should also be deserving of some philosophical thought... beyond brute utilitarianism and self-interest. I hope more Christians go into professions like city planning and urban design!
I don’t usually watch YouTube videos but that one was really informative!
haha Same here, Kerri! I sought it out specifically for its explainer (teaser) of the book I enjoyed this week. The history of the housing market as it now stands, specifically how mortgages came to be all wrapped up and intertwined in the tentacles of the US economy was a portion in the book they didn't get to there. But it's really wild.
Love all the housing and development-related pieces this week! The Buildings and Analogies of Grace piece is so good: "Without a vision of the common good we cannot build well” and "human beings need justice, beauty and order to thrive. This is not an argument for architectural or stylistic uniformity... It is an argument, rather, for much more reflection on just what it is we want to build and what kind of criteria we apply in doing so. Well insulated, weatherproof, durable, certainly, but also buildings which respect human proportion, which seek to be beautiful, and which respect the priority of the common treasury."
Man, I loved that one, as well. I often like to put secular pieces next to related ones of a Christian perspective next to each other, enhancing the idea that no part of "the regular, actual world" is outside the domain for Christians to think about and participate in shaping. My mind goes to the classical tradition of education and how - historically - things like math and philosophy, the natural world and literature, architecture and music were not so parceled out and segmented, but connected by a shared understanding of the good, true, beautiful. So I'm increasingly convinced that the built environment should also be deserving of some philosophical thought... beyond brute utilitarianism and self-interest. I hope more Christians go into professions like city planning and urban design!