Theology
God: two clever quotes
1. ‘If you think about the Trinity too little you may lose your salvation… If you think about the Trinity too much you may lose your mind’. ~ St Augustine 2. ‘If you’re praying to God, you’re normal… If God speaks to you, you might be having a psychotic episode’. ~ Anon. (Now, class, […]
Do Jews Believe in Resurrection?
What does the concept of resurrection mean to Jewish theologians? Here ¢â‚¬â„¢s a helpful post from Eric Chabot talks about this and other interesting topics related to the resurrection. Excerpt: Where do we see resurrection in the Hebrew Bible?Belief in a resurrection of persons from the dead are seen in eight passages: (Job 19:26; Ps. 17:15; 49:15; 73:24; Is. […]
Pope Francis and Liberation Theology
Sightings The Pope and the Poor by Joshua Connor Thursday | April 25 2013 In an article that appeared in The Guardian a few days after the March 13, 2013, election of Francis, the first Pope from South America, the British environmental activist, George Monbiot, railed against depictions of the new Pope as a defender […]
The Evangelicals are a’changing – on at least three issues
Sightings Evangelicals Change and Make Changes by Martin E. Marty Monday | April 15 2013 The familiar ¢â‚¬Å“Protestant-Catholic-Jew ¢â‚¬ mantra no longer defines American religion. Politicians, bloggers, statisticians, and demographers now conventionally add ¢â‚¬Å“Evangelical ¢â‚¬ to the classifying. When Will Herberg wrote the canonical book Protestant-Catholic-Jew in the mid-fifties, Evangelicals appeared to be marginal at best. In […]
Sydney Anglicanism: a(nother) critique
An outsider ¢â‚¬â„¢s response to an insider ¢â‚¬â„¢s defence of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney given by Michael P. Jensen in his book, Sydney Anglicanism: An Apology, (Eugene, Or.: Wipf and Stock, 2012). by Kevin Giles: ‘I encourage those who get this paper to buy Michaels ¢â‚¬â„¢ book and read it carefully before reading my response and when […]
HOW I’VE CHANGED MY MIND
HOW I ¢â‚¬â„¢VE CHANGED MY MIND Just found this in my files: some ideas might be expressed a little differently after six years… Rowland. Here ¢â‚¬â„¢s an expanded version of a talk I gave ¢â‚¬“ with two other members – to our small group. It ¢â‚¬â„¢s a meandering chat, I haven ¢â‚¬â„¢t put much order into it, and it ¢â‚¬â„¢s […]
MARRIAGE EQUALITY: Key resources…
MARRIAGE EQUALITY Key resources… ARTICLES (roughly alphabetical by author) A: About 60 most-read articles on all sorts of subjects, including this one AA: A fairly thorough overview: Homosexuality & the Bible (6 articles) AAA: Too busy? Here’s just one (Steven Chalke’s) Prof. Gary Bouma (One group wants dignity; the church, power) Conservative approaches: ethicist Margaret […]
Pope and Nones
Sightings Monday | March 18 2013 Pope and Nones by Martin E. Marty ¢â‚¬Å“It behooves us to keep talking about the papal election for as long as possible. Once it ¢â‚¬â„¢s over, we ¢â‚¬â„¢re back to the federal budget deliberations, and I prefer a story in which nothing gets sequestered but the cardinals. ¢â‚¬ Thus columnist Gail Collins […]
Review: How to Live: A Guide to the Christian Journey, Stephen Cottrell & Steven Croft, 2011.
Review: How to Live: A Guide to the Christian Journey, Stephen Cottrell & Steven Croft, 2011. Here ¢â‚¬â„¢s as good a book of catechesis as you ¢â‚¬â„¢ll find anywhere, written by two Church of England bishops. Whilst its primary target-audience are those recently baptized or confirmed, it ¢â‚¬â„¢s good for pilgrims at every stage of the journey. (Mine […]
The place of humour in the theology of John Calvin
by Murray Hogg In one sense it ¢â‚¬â„¢s difficult to talk about John Calvin and humour for at least two good reasons. First, because opinions as to what constitutes humour are widely variable, and, second, because Calvin was quite serious about his theological writing. Consequently, if we take his theological writing as a guide we are […]
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