Rowland Croucher
White Racism?
Michael Richards is better known as Kramer from TV’s Seinfeld series. This was his defence speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act. He makes some very interesting points. He said: I’m proud To Be White There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc. and then there are just […]
Fundamentalists and Patriarchy
Christian Fundamentalist Group Preaches Patriarchy and Women’s Fertility as Weapons for Spiritual Warfare By Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash. Posted March 30, 2009. Author Kathryn Joyce explains the bizarre Quiverfull movement dedicated to exploding the birthrate of ultra-conservative Christians. When Americans think of patriarchal societies, female submission, or extreme gender inequality based on religious teachings, visions of […]
God and time
Read somewhere on Usenet: There is always that chapter in “Mere Christianity” which introduces the topic but I would suggest those interested in the topic to get a copy of “Dimensions of Time: The Structures of the Time of Humans, of the World and of God” by Wolfgang Achtner, Stefan Kunz and Thomas Walter. This […]
Marcus Borg: The Heart of Christianity
Marcus Borg: The Heart of Christianity (Rediscovering a Life of Faith) (2003) Here’s a book for both theological conservatives and liberals. Or maybe ex-conservatives who couldn’t cope with the rigidities of the Christianity they were taught, and for liberals whose Christianity is so ‘mushy’ that they’ve opted to believe anything or nothing. Marcus Borg offers […]
Interpreting the Bible: literally or metaphorically?
The following is an exercise I’m doing in a class I’m teaching at the moment. These are common questions, asked by theologians and laypeople. Marcus Borg, for example, would, I think, answer ‘no’ to all of them (see his book ‘The Heart of Christianity’). Fundamentalists/ Conservative Evangelicals would answer ‘yes’ to most/all – illustrating Borg’s […]
Oh, To Be Ten Again!
A man asked his wife, “What would you most like for your birthday?” She said, “I’d love to be ten again.” On the morning of her birthday, he got her up bright and early and off they went to a theme park. He put her on every ride in the park –the Death Slide, The […]
Bushfires
This is a thoughtful piece on the fires from The Monthly. (Sometime March 2009) ***** Comment John van Tiggelen In the populated spots of the North, where the surrounding savannah woodlands burn off as readily and regularly and safely as sugar cane, cyclones are the worry. You prepare for the season as well as the […]
Prayer Network Newsletter
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER March 30, 2009 * COLOMBIAN GUERRILLAS THREATEN TO KILL CHRISTIANS * AMERICAN RELIGIOUS SURVEY A WAKE UP CALL * WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY REDEFINES MARRIAGE * TONY BLAIR WARNS THAT CHRISTIANS MUST SPEAK OUT IN AGGRESSIVELY SECULARIST AGE * WORLD SEEMS IMMUNE TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN * CHURCH ORGANISATIONS APPEAL FOR CALM IN […]
Literalism and Fundamentalism
John Dominic Crossan – “Literalism and Fundamentalism” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f0ZHaoSnf0&feature=PlayList&p= A183B85FF0E49C8A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=14
Fundamentalism – a recent invention
From a Usenet friend: Many fundamentalists assert that their fundamentalism goes back to Jesus and the apostles or at least to the Protestant reformers. That is totally incorrect as the following demonstrates. Fundamentalism is a recent anti-intellectual invention as is the theory of premillenialism and the “rapture”. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Karen Armstrong “The Battle For God: […]
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