Theology
Noah’s Ark
From a Usenet newsgroup: You seriously think two[1] of every species[2] fitted in there for months on end (with no food or waste disposal systems)? [1] and seven of some [2] or it is two of every ‘kind’, today? She has previous stated that they were “kinds”. The example she gave was that there were […]
Did the Resurrection Actually Happen (etc.): four theological views
Note from Rowland: This (in spite of several spelling/punctuation errors) is brilliant. Forgive the locus (Melbourne, and this city’s most notorious liberal preacher, Francis McNab): this piece opens the door to an excellent discussion of a viable alternative to the Liberal/Fundamentalist polarities which currently stimy theological debate. ***** Francis McNab: Ahead of his time or […]
To whom have we been converted?
In many of today’s churches, Christians of all persuasions are feeling the pressure to conform to a certain ‘way of being’. Much of our Christian experience has told us that we need to be a certain type of person to be a Christian, and if we do not conform, we are not ‘in’. When this […]
Strict Evangelicalism
Friend 1: Did you see the BBC program about Deborah Drapper, Rowland? Somewhat more subtle than ‘prairie dresses’ and the like, but still bloody scary. 2: VERY SCARY!!!!! Ignorance promoted by fundamentalists. Both Deborah and her family calls her a “strict evangelical Christian”. It is available on YouTube in 6 installments. Deborah 13: Servant of […]
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 […]
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
Sectarianism
From Ken Smith on Usenet, 28th March 2009: You can count me among those Christians who, like Rowland, refuse to lend indiscriminate support to some other Christians. Would it pour oil on troubled flames if I mentioned Northern Ireland? Which only exists as something separate from Eire because the rabid Protestants refused to be part […]
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