{"title":"David Cayley","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-rivers-north-of-the-future-paperback","title":"The Rivers North of the Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Rivers North of the Future\u003c\/em\u003e David Cayley has compiled Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllich's view, which could be summed up as \"the corruption of the best is the worst,\" is that Jesus' call to love more abundantly became the basis for new forms of power in the hands of those who organized and administered this New Testament. Illich also explores the invention of technology, the road from hospitality to the hospital, the criminalization of sin, the church as the template of the modern state, and the death of nature. Illich's analysis of contemporary society as a congealed and corrupted Christianity is both a bold historical hypothesis and a call to believers to re-invent the Christian church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Charles Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIvan Illich (1926-2002) was a brilliant polymath, an iconoclastic thinker, and a prolific writer. He was a priest, vice-rector of a university, founder of the Centre for Intercultural Documentation in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and author of numerous books, including Deschooling Society, Tools for Conviviality, Energy and Equity, and Medical Nemesis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324793127135,"sku":"9780887847141","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9QXMReg6WF9780887847141.webp?v=1788437032"},{"product_id":"ivan-illich-in-conversation-paperback","title":"Ivan Illich in Conversation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than fifteen years, iconoclastic thinker Ivan Illich refused to be interviewed. Finally, in 1988, CBC's David Cayley persuaded Illich to record a conversation. This first interview led to additional sessoins that continued until 1992 and are now gathered in \u003cem\u003eIvan Illich in Conversation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn these fascinating conversations, which range over a wide selection of the celebrated thinker's published work and public career, Illich's brilliant mind alights on topics of great contemporary interest, including education, history, language, politics, and the church.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366345507039,"sku":"9780887845246","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Wy8Mz33cOA9780887845246.webp?v=1789091592"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/david-cayley.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}