Theology
The Flaws of Fundamentalism
Matt McNulty: Christian fundamentalism and its fundamental flaws …. What I learned was a relatively new religious phenomenon — fundamentalist Christianity — was spreading throughout America and the Third World like wildfire. And anyone who supports pluralism, religious tolerance or science education should be concerned about this development. Christian fundamentalism, like its Islamic counterpart, is […]
Navigating the Waters of Interfaith Activity
*Sightings * 12/11/08 — Matthew Weiner and Matthew Dunbar When liberal religious groups work together, it is assured that they agree on one thing: proselytizing is against the rules. The history of Christian evangelism has led to extreme sensitivity on this issue, especially amongst Jews, Buddhists, and Hindus. A Buddhist monk, who is also a […]
Review: Apostles of Fear (A Church Cult Exposed) by Morag Zwartz (2008)
Christians, says the famous cop-out, ‘are not perfect, just forgiven’. But some imperfect Christians have a higher profile, and their evil is more sinister, than others’. Of course such imperfections/evil are not confined to one branch of Christ’s Church. Catholic bishops moving predatory priests from one parish to another; the Exclusive Brethren’s nasty habit of […]
Mystery
“[Mystery] must be entered into… For we do not solve mysteries; we enter into them. The deeper we enter into them, the more illumination we get…. a problem is solved, it is over and done with. We go on to other problems… But a mystery, once recognized, is something we are never finished with. It […]
Must Christ perish in every age?
This snippet of a play by George Bernard Shaw called Saint Joan sums it up well. The play is a dramatization of the story of the martyrdom of Joan of Arc. This particular part is near the end, as two of the characters, one the Bishop Cauchon and the other the Chaplain de Stogumber reflect […]
Who Are The Obamagelicals?
Tuesday November 11, 2008 Nationally, 25% of white evangelicals voted for Obama. In certain key states, the numbers were higher. He saw a 14% in evangelicals in Colorado, 8% in Indiana, 8% in North Carolina and 4% in Ohio. Most important, he won 32% of young evangelicals (up from 16% for McCain). Who are these […]
Eschatology
Main the doctrine of the last things. It was originally a Western term, referring to Jewish, Christian, and Muslim beliefs about the end of history, the resurrection of the dead, the Last Judgment, the messianic era, and the problem of theodicy (the vindication of God’s justice). Historians of religion have applied the term to similar […]
The Rapture – Should it be Left Behind?
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 And regarding the question, friends, that has come up about what happens to those already dead and buried, we don’t want you in the dark any longer. First off, you must not carry on over them like people who have nothing to look forward to, as if the grave were the last […]
Yoder on The State
Neocon Evangelicals don’t know how to read the Bible David Congdon (Facebook) The most pernicious view in the evangelical world today is the notion that “whatever government is in power has been instituted by God.” This view derives from a corrupt reading of Romans 13. It is a reading which has no exegetical support, and […]
Crazy Talk: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Theological Terms
Crazy Talk: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Theological Terms, ed. Rolf Jacobson, Augsburg, 2008. If the authors have German names, the book is published by Augsburg Press, has a chapter on Reformation, and prefers ‘Communion’ to ‘Eucharist/Mass’, you’ll guess it has an ‘Evangelical Lutheran’ flavour. Here’s a racy – yes, sometimes crazy – easy-to-read little pocketbook […]
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