Author Archives: Ryan Buesnel

About Ryan Buesnel

Welcome to my page! I am a writer and musician from Melbourne who enjoys reading philosophy, theology and military history. I am a Ph.D. Candidate through Charles Sturt University, with my thesis exploring the activities of the German State Church during the Third Reich-era.

What is Fascism and who are today’s Fascists?

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Ryan Buesnel

Presentation: Café of Dangerous Ideas, February 27th, 2021 Ryan Buesnel rbuesnel@csu.edu.au In his 2018 book How Fascism Works, Jason Stanley offers an assessment of the state of American politics under the leadership of Donald Trump and suggests that there are … Continue reading →

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The German Christian Rally at Berlin’s Sportspalast, 28 February 1934: Reich Bishop Ludwig Müller, Dr. Christian Kinder Respond to the Kirchenkampf

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Ryan Buesnel

From: Ryan Buesnel, The German Christian Rally at Berlin’s Sportspalast, 28 February 1934: Reich Bishop Ludwig Müller, Dr. Christian Kinder Respond to the Kirchenkampf, Journal of Church and State, , csaa103, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/csaa103 On February 28, 1934, about twenty thousand members of the … Continue reading →

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Søren Kierkegaard and the Corsair Affair: Public Shaming and the Assertion of the Individual

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Ryan Buesnel

The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard’s trial by public opinion unfolded due to an ongoing campaign of character assassination on behalf of the satirical magazine the Corsair.  Founded in 1840 by novelist Aron Goldschmidt, the Corsair had earned a reputation as being … Continue reading →

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A Boy, a Preacher, and a Wizard.

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Ryan Buesnel

I remember 1997 well. It was the year that the Ricky Martin phenomenon hit the rural Victorian town of Echuca. The girls at my high school were losing their minds over how hot he was. Little did they know that … Continue reading →

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Kilkenny Trains

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Ryan Buesnel

Dad used to walk me to the train line near Kilkenny station in suburban Adelaide when he felt like a bit of train-spotting. The station was a short walk from my Grandparent’s house, where my Dad spent his boyhood years. … Continue reading →

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Grandpa’s House

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Ryan Buesnel

As I opened the back door to the house, a rushing blast of pent-up air hit me squarely in the face like the onslaught of a summertime northerly. It was as if years of accumulated stuffiness had been expecting this … Continue reading →

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Small Moments in Love #3

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Ryan Buesnel

The paths we walked became sacred to me, but like all things beautiful the memory is laced with pain. The moments we shared- nothing more than tiny windows in time really- was mostly spent walking together.  These were occasions that … Continue reading →

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An Afternoon BMX Adventure

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Ryan Buesnel

I.  My BMX had white tires. It was a cheap knock-off brand from K-Mart, but I rode the life out of it. I had initially wanted something cooler like a Mongoose, but I knew I this was a pipe dream … Continue reading →

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Portrait of an Anxious Mind

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Ryan Buesnel

I realised I had been on the same webpage just 1 hour before. It was 2am and my panic resulted in another bout of sleeplessness, so I had been indulging in a favourite pastime: googling my headache symptoms in a … Continue reading →

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Small Moments in Love #2

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Ryan Buesnel

The Church I attended throughout my childhood was small but vibrant. Each Sunday evening we would have a more informal service that was designed to ‘reach out’ to people from non-church backgrounds. I remember these services as a lot of … Continue reading →

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