Charles Inouye’s new book The End of the World, Plan B has just been released by Kofford
Books!
At the end of February, Charles will visit Utah to discuss his
book at a series of venues. We invite
you to join us for one of those events at our home.
In the book Charles compares how several religious
traditions—and the secular traditions resulting from rejections of state-sponsored
religions--think about and invite the end of the world, and he makes the
argument that we humans are (of course) doing it all wrong. That is, by envisioning
an apocalypse that dispenses justice, we dangerously invite destruction and the
end of humanity; instead, our end-game thinking should be grounded in a compassion
that recognizes our shared sorrows and in hope for an Apocalypse that yields a
shared happiness.
[Well, that’s what I’ve gathered so far. The book was only released
two days ago so I’m in the first third of it.]
The End of the World comes with stiff criticisms of modernity, a sunshiny hope that postmodernism offers answers for much of what ails us, a fascinating comparison of multiple religious traditions (including most prominently Mahayana Buddhism and Mormonism), and a refreshing respect for Japanese animism.
If you are interested in the subject, but can’t meet with
us, you could catch him at several other locations on the previous Friday or
Saturday, or the following Monday. (See a separate forthcoming link for information as it becomes available).
Details
When: 7:00 pm Sunday
February 28th, 2016
Where: Our home,
969 South Carterville Road, Orem
RSVP: An RSVP to
Kif Augustine (Augustine.kif@gmail.com)
or Stirling (stirlingadams@gmail.com)
is not necessary, but would be nice to help in planning for the evening
nibbles.
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