A call for the republication of the works of D.M. MacKinnon
I have been thinking for quite some time now that some publisher (Halden–Wipf & Stock? or T & T Clark?) really ought to take up the task of compiling and republishing all the out-of-print works of Donald MacKinnon. Who is with me on this?
Categories: D.M. MacKinnon, Random
Yes. And the very first should be his Stripping of the Altars, which includes his Gore lecture by that name. As relevant today as it was in 1968.
There is currently ONE copy available on Amazon for $158.14. Halden really needs to get on this.
Actually, the Gore lecture is entitled “Kenosis and Establishment.” It is the main essay in Stripping of the Altars, which includes five other short essays on tragedy, authority, intercommunion ecumenism, Bishop Bell (with some interesting reflections on his relation to Bonhoeffer).
Really, $158?!! Geez…maybe I should make some money…I got mine for like 4 bucks about 5 years ago. Kidding of course…this is one of those books I continually return to and would never get rid of (it’s less than a hundred pages, so it’s a quick read — but soooo good).
I’ll send this on and see what we can do.
I believe that John McDowell is preparing a collection of essays by/on MacKinnon for publication by Continuum in 2010.
Actually, I’d been meaning to suggest this to Halden as well. It’s definitely time MacKinnon was resurrected. (Personally, I think some of his best stuff is in his essays on Lenin and communism.)
Absolutely. And I hear an “Amen!” from Nicholas Lash and Rowan Williams.
Stephen Sykes too. I mentioned it to him in a conference last year and he seemed totally oblivious to the problem. But it’ll be a steadily bigger issue as MacKinnon’s entry into the canon will put him more and more into the reading lists.
I for one don’t need as much article collections, just the republication of his books.
Hi all!
Robert wrote:
“I believe that John McDowell is preparing a collection of essays by/on MacKinnon for publication by Continuum in 2010.”
This is correct, apart from the fact that this will be a T&T Clark book, of course.