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Category: American Revivalist Tradition (ART)
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Myth, Morality, and the Republic of Heaven
Dr Neville Buch Abstract The literary and ideological clash between C.S. Lewis and Philip Pullman serves as a primary site for Dr. Neville Buch’s application of Spiral Historiography and the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC). While Pullman characterizes the Chronicles of Narnia as “poisonous” religious propaganda, Dr. Buch provides a synoptic evaluation that moves…
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Aging Well in the Sea of Faith and Reason: An Invitation to Youth to Join the SOFiA
This is an invitation for younger persons to join The Sea of Faith in Australia. There is a place for you. From the source, Steven Petrow, “I want to avoid the ‘aging mistakes’ my parents made. I’ve got work to do.” The Washington Post, 22 March 2026: 1. Hold…
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ART and Christian Churches
Abstract This essay examines the causal link between the decline of Australian churches and the systematic adoption of the American Revivalist Tradition (ART), as forewarned by Dr. Neville Buch in his 1995 doctoral research. It argues that the transition from a British-oriented “clerical Enlightenment” to a mechanized American model of faith has induced a state…
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As I Stand Mildly Crucified: Life of Jesus
As I Stand Mildly Crucified: Life of Jesus Abstract This essay presents a philosophical plea constructed through the “historical-critical” lens of David Strauss’ Life of Jesus, advocating for the professional employment of Dr. Neville Buch. It argues that just as Strauss sought to strip away the “mythical” layers of the New…
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Christian Progressivism and Christian Realism, and the arrogant stupidity of cultural warfare
There is a great arrogance in Cultural Warrior arguments. One such argument is a confusion between Christian Progressivism and Christian Realism. In a recent “debate” of the Sea of Faith in Australia, my attempt to defend Christian Progressivism was meet with an arrogant dismissal. I cite Steven Higson in fairness, and hold no…
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Why the Disciplines and No Apologetics Part 4. Back to genuine faith and reason
For years I been hounding in ‘the public square’ about the failure of the apologetics industry which needs to be scrapped. And by apologetics industry I mean unreformed organisational humanism as much as I mean unreformed evangelicalism for the 21st century. It is time to act. I have a message that must be…
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Australian Populism: The Underside of Equalitarianism (The Black Hole of Australian Populism)
https://www.academia.edu/164471987/Australian_Populism_The_Underside_of_Equalitarianism_The_Black_Hole_of_Australian_Populism_ Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract The resurgence of Australian populism, exemplified by the cultural orbit of figures like Pauline Hanson and the One Nation party, is frequently satirized as a “black hole” that deforms the political landscape. Drawing on the background provided by Oslo Davis’s 2026 Saturday…
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How to bring social change for the better
PDF File: How to bring social change for the better Abstract The intersection of Joshua Kyle T. Rovero’s “Metaphysics of Revolution” and the work of Dr. Neville Buch constitutes a 21st-century “new thinking” that redefines the mechanism of change in human society. Rovero redefines revolution not as a mere political event…
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Three “Women” Philosophers
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) Abstract The intersection of the philosophies of Hannah Arendt and Dr. Neville Buch provides a powerful intellectual defence of human authorship and plurality in an era increasingly defined by the “technical abyss” and the erosion of truth. Arendt’s “how” of philosophy—rooted in passionate thinking, the vita activa, and a non-determinative theory…
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The Three Bernards
Bernard Lonergan and the Work of Dr Buch Abstract The intersection of the philosophies of Bernard Lonergan and Dr. Neville Buch represents a robust humanistic ascent against the “technical abyss” and “limited thinking” of the 21st century. Lonergan provides the internal framework of self-appropriation—the personal discovery of the dynamic structure of inquiry, insight,…