Theology
Easter Paradox
THE EASTER JOURNEY INTO PARADOX By Alison Milbank ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 24 APR 2011 The philosopher A.C. Grayling’s The Good Book: A Secular Bible uses names of biblical books, such as Acts, and the chapter and verse format, but omits the life of Christ in favour of that of Cicero and other worthies. His […]
Is God Violent?
What does the violence in the Bible tell us about the nature of God? By Brian McLaren I recently received a note from a pastor and missionary we’ll call Pete. It went like this: “I have read most of what you have written, including A New Kind of Christianity … I would say I am in […]
Modernity and Religion
*Sightings* 4/11/2011 *Modernity and Religion* — Martin E. Marty Beyond religion-in-the-news stories about Japan, Libya, Washington, and other crisis points, ¢â‚¬Å“religion in public life ¢â‚¬ continues to be a topic which deserves notice. This week in a conversation two sociologists who are turning attention to religious phenomena asked a provocative question: ¢â‚¬Å“What would *you* make the […]
The Challenge of Easter (Bishop N T Wright, 2009)
Tom Wright is recognized generally as the English-speaking world’s leading ‘Evangelical’ New Testament scholar/theologian. (Though he mostly prefers to describe himself as an historian). Not all ‘Evangelicals’ like his ideas. Alister McGrath, perhaps the most prolific published author in this genre, reckons that Wright, his fellow Anglican churchman and former Oxford colleague, has ‘lobbed a […]
IN DEFENCE OF APOLOGETICS
By John Milbank 25 MAR 2011 The practice of “apologetics” has fallen into disrepute. This is in part due to the associations that cling to the word itself, which suggests, at worse, that one must apologise for something, and, at best, that one must defend a doubtful or compromised position. But it also has to […]
Apparitions of the Virgin Mary
3/31/2011 *Mary ¢â‚¬â„¢s Late Arrival to the United States* — Joseph Laycock On December 8, 2010, Our Lady of Good Help, a tiny shrine in Champion, Wisconsin, became the first Marian apparition site in the United States to receive official church approval. David L. Ricken, bishop of Green Bay, concluded a two-year investigation and determined that […]
The Deity of Jesus, Islam (The Third Choice) and other issues
Apologia Report: Surveying New Resources in Christian Apologetics – a weekly e-mail briefing in worldview news and study designed to help bring understanding to an age-old arena of conflict Volume 16: Number 11 (1,061) March 31, 2011 In this issue: BIBLICAL HEBREW – a comparative review of the modern, critical, and electronic editions CHRISTOLOGY – […]
John Dominic Crossan’s ‘blasphemous’ portrait of Jesus
by John Blake (CNN) — One of his first fan letters came from someone who declared: “If Hell were not already created, it should be invented just for you.” Other critics have called him “demonic,” “blasphemous” and a “schmuck.” When John Dominic Crossan was a teenager in Ireland, he dreamed of becoming a missionary priest. […]
Allah: A Christian Response (Miroslav Volf, HarperCollins, published February 2011)
[1] 23 March 2011. Miroslav Volf – a high profile ‘Progressive Evangelical’ (my term) theologian – has written a recently-published book about Islam and Christianity – the book I’ve been waiting for! From The Publishers Weekly: ‘Recent disputes like the “ground zero” mosque controversy have their roots in historical conflicts, according to Yale professor and author […]
Paul Tillich as Hero: An Interview with Rollo May
by Eliott Wright Mr. Wright is on the staff of Religious News service, New York City. This article appeared in the Christian Century, May 15, 1974, pp. 530-533. Copyright by The Christian Century Foundation; used by permission. Current articles and subscription information can be fond at www.christiancentury.org. This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted and […]
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