Theology
THE DEATH OF AMERICA’S GOD
Stanley HauerwasABC RELIGION AND ETHICS8 AUG 2011 AMERICANS DON’T HAVE TO BELIEVE IN GOD BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN BELIEF. THAT’S WHY AMERICA HAS NEVER PRODUCED AN INTERESTING ATHEIST: THE GOD MOST AMERICANS BELIEVE IN ISN’T INTERESTING ENOUGH TO DENY. America is the first great experiment in Protestant social formation. Protestantism in Europe always assumed and depended on […]
A CONSISTENT ETHIC OF LIFE (more… by Richard Rohr)
Leonard Cohen ¢â‚¬â„¢s song, ¢â‚¬Å“Anthem, ¢â‚¬ states in the refrain: ¢â‚¬Å“There is a crack in everything. That ¢â‚¬â„¢s how the light gets in. ¢â‚¬ That is a much more poetic way of naming what we unfortunately called ¢â‚¬Å“original sin ¢â‚¬ ¢â‚¬”a poor choice of words because the word sin implies fault and culpability, and that is precisely not the point! Original […]
“Clearly, this is not a pacifist God we serve”
Sightings 8/4/2011 Margaret M. Mitchell These words were posted by Joseph Farah on WorldNetDaily.com at 1:00 a.m. on November 26, 2001, in the aftermath of 9/11. The full column, ¢â‚¬Å“The Bible and self-defense, ¢â‚¬ presented a battery of biblical evidence, from Old and New Testaments, for why Christians should ¢â‚¬Å“buy firearms as a first step to […]
MEET AMERICA’S NEW EVANGELICALS
Marcia PallyABC RELIGION AND ETHICS1 AUG 2011 MANY AMERICAN EVANGELICALS HAVE SINCE 2005 BROADENED THEIR PRIORITIES FROM THOSE OF THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT TOWARDS AN POVERTY RELIEF, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, IMMIGRATION REFORM AND RECONCILIATION. SEE ALSO Related Story: What would MLK do? Christians and climate changeJARROD MCKENNA 17 JAN 2011 Related Story: Love Wins: Rob Bell and the neo-CalvinistasJARROD MCKENNA 2 MAR 2011 When I […]
Jesus is Lord (Richard Rohr)
A CONSISTENT ETHIC OF LIFE ¢â‚¬Å“Jesus is Lord ¢â‚¬ (Romans 10:9 [1]) was proclaimed by the early church as their most concise creedal statement. No one ever told me this was a political and subversive statement, until I studied the Scriptures. To say ¢â‚¬Å“Jesus is Lord ¢â‚¬ was testing and provoking the Roman pledge of allegiance that […]
THE TWO HALVES OF LIFE (Richard Rohr)
Richard’s Daily Meditations LOVING THE TWO HALVES OF LIFE: The First Half The first half of life should lead one to become a better law-observing Catholic or whatever one ¢â‚¬â„¢s tradition might be. Yet staying in the first half of life too long gives the ego so much satisfaction that the vast majority of people remain […]
Review: Harvey Cox ‘The Future of Faith’ (2009)
I have an unusual hobby: I collect generalizations. The scholars who supply them have a magisterial grasp of their subject, and can offer outrageously simple ¢â‚¬Ëœglobal statements ¢â‚¬â„¢ without fear of contradiction. This book is full of them. Harvey Cox retired from the Hollis Chair of Divinity at Harvard University in October 2009 (he was the ninth person […]
Conservatives and Liberals (Richard Rohr)
LOVING THE TWO HALVES OF LIFE: The First Half It is easiest to begin ¢â‚¬Å“conservative, ¢â‚¬ if I can use the word. Most conservatives are not yet skillful in taking risks, using their imagination, or understanding freedom for anybody else; but at least they do develop some respect and basic impulse control, which is necessary to […]
Catholics and Anglicans: A New Ecumenism
November 13. 2009 ¢â‚¬“ Gregory Syler Rome ¢â‚¬â„¢s October 20th announcement that it will open the door for former Anglicans to join the Catholic Church led some to respond with suspicion, seeing the move as a conservative commentary on Anglican problems. That morning ¢â‚¬â„¢s AP release, for instance, summarized Cardinal Levada ¢â‚¬â„¢s statement and quickly focused on more […]
Trinity Sunday
Sunday, June 19 Trinity Sunday God for us, we call You Father, God alongside us, we call You Jesus, God within us, we call You Holy Spirit. You are the Eternal Mystery that enables, enfolds, and enlivens all things, even us, and even me. Every name falls short of your Goodness and Greatness. We can […]
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