Rowland Croucher
The Wright Quest for the Historical Jesus
by Ben Witherington, III Ben Witherington III, professor of New Testament interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, is the author of The Jesus Quest and The Christology of Jesus. This article appeared in The Christian Century, November 19-26, 1997, pp. 1075-1078. Copyright by The Christian Century Foundation, used by permission. Current articles and […]
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THE HISTORICAL JESUS PUZZLE
William R. G. Loader In this paper I shall address three main questions: Why ask about the historical Jesus? What new data do we have to warrant more research? and What, if any, findings can we identify in current research? [1] 1. Why ask about the historical Jesus? The first is a serious question. Why […]
Would the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?
The visit of Bishop John Shelby Spong has once again prompted the average Australian to ask: “Who was Jesus?” and “Can we trust the Bible?” Paul Barnett, scholar and Anglican Bishop of North Sydney, clears away the doubts. Who’s Spong anyway? Bishop John Spong is Bishop of Newark in the Episcopal Church of the United […]
The Jesus Seminar
Are ¢â‚¬Å“The Jesus Seminar ¢â‚¬ criticisms of the gospels and Jesus Christ valid? Among those who work outside of the normal canons of historical research is ¢â‚¬Å“The Jesus Seminar, ¢â‚¬ [1] a gathering of the skeptical-minded whose conclusions are published in The Five Gospels.[2] Instead of demonstrating historical objectivity, their enterprise is a stacked deck of hostile presuppositions. […]
Jesus Seminar: pros and cons
Note from Rowland (October 2010): I’m on a writing retreat, and ploughing/plowing through a folder of print-outs on the JS. Here’s a miscellany of ideas to get you thinking. Although the JS has been termed ‘the greatest academic hoax since he Piltdown man’ (Jacob Neusner, cited by Richard N. Ostling, “Jesus Christ, Plain and Simple,” […]
Walter Brueggemann’s 19 theses
1. Everybody lives by a script. The script may be implicit or explicit. It may be recognized or unrecognized, but everybody has a script. 2. We get scripted. All of us get scripted through the process of nurture and formation and socialization, and it happens to us without our knowing it. 3. The dominant scripting […]
FOR AND AGAINST FUNDAMENTALISM
By Michael Jensen ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 25 OCT 2010 FUNDAMENTALISM IS A MENTALITY TO BE AVOIDED IN WHATEVER GUISE, BUT ONE DOES NOT ESCHEW THE NAME “FUNDAMENTALIST” ON ACCOUNT OF WISHING TO LOOK RESPECTABLE. CREDIT: JENNIFER INGALL (ABC LOCAL RADIO). “Fundamentalism” is a disagreeable word, and someone who is a fundamentalist is usually […]
The Gospel and the Poor
(Here’s a well thought-through conservative view. Rowland). The Gospel and the Poor Tim Keller Tim Keller is senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, NY and an adjunct professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. The original question I was asked to address was “How does our commitment to the primacy […]
Caring for Creation
My five litre failure? October 23, 2010 by greenFish I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been in a state of shock for the past few weeks. A state of disbelief. When the water bill arrived, I had to look at the figures at least twice. Then, still doubtful, I walked out to the front yard to check the water meter. […]
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