Dawn Eden and New Haven’s Underground Catholic Scene
January 26th, 2007 by Peter
I was privileged to attend Wednesday’s Theology on Tap talk by Dawn Eden, author of The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On and the popular Dawn Patrol blog. Even amid an increasing number of young(ish) converts to the Christian faith with remarkable stories to tell, Dawn Eden’s really stands out. Dawn and I are about the same age and what she has to say about the emptiness of contemporary society’s message so closely resembles what I’ve heard from several women who I grew up with that I think we have found in Dawn a voice for our generation.
Our new friend Stephen has posted an account of Dawn’s talk at his blog, For God, For Country and For Yale. His post provides a glimpse into what I am beginning to think of as New Haven’s underground Catholic scene.
One thing that jumped out at me Wednesday was Dawn’s reference to G.K. Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday. She read it prior to her conversion when, she said, she believed that Christians were a powerful majority who controlled the world and the only way to rebel was to rebel against them. I’ve mentioned before that a similar worldview seems to motivate many of the liberals who post in our comboxes. But after reading the book, Dawn had the opposite impression: that it is the Christians that are the true rebels and a force for good in the world.
It seems I will have to read The Man Who Was Thursday.
I’d hoped to be there too to see my friend Dawn (and meet her for the first time too!) but had tooth problems, still ongoing. Glad to hear it was so worthwhile (but I knew that!)
On another note…
CALLING ALL CHELES, TRUEBLUECT’s and GABE’s:
I’m still waiting to hear from chele, TrueBlueCt and Gabe on that earlier post’s comments, http://www.ctfamily.org/blog/2007/01/18/tr-rowes-pro-life-pro-woman-bill
Come on, chele, you can’t tell me you gave up on that thread after posting on it last on Jan.25 , when I posted the answer to your taunting question not two hours later that same day?
Let’s hear what you all have to say in response.
I’ve been thinking about my reply to you, Annie. I’ve also been caring for my mother, who has been ill. And my family most assuredly takes precedence over you. When I have the time to reply to your seven (SEVEN!!!) posts, I will. Because I surely have a lot to say to you.
The Man Who Was Thursday
I’m truly sorry to hear about your mom’s illness. I know what that is like, having done the same for my father recently. You should not expect any argument from me on the fact that family does take precedence. It’s just that you were less than respectful when Gregg didn’t get back to you after 3.5 days, so if you would like to be treated with respect, you ought to consider giving respect first as well, in order to insure it always is given to you.
Many of my comments were accidental duplicates, as I’ve already apologized for several times, and some were broken up into smaller parts so as not to be dis-approved as I thought was happening.
The quantity seems daunting, but there are just that many facts to relate that pertain to the post and your and others’ comments. I spent precious little time on my own opinions in those posts, as I am sure you have found.
(Technically, I’ve commented on 5 posts here, I think, even if there are pieces of the total comment broken into parts)