Theology
The Bible is Neither Conservative or Liberal
The Bible is Neither Conservative or Liberal (by Jim Wallis) Beliefnet invited Jim Wallis for a “blogalogue” with David Klinghoffer, author of How Would God Vote? Why the Bible Commands You to Be a Conservative. Here’s Jim’s response to David’s first post, “Let’s Clarify the Politics of the Bible”: You claim that the Bible has […]
Weaker Faith
*Sightings* 6/9/08 — Martin E. Marty Four weeks ago *Sightings* picked up on a column in *The Wall Street Journal * by Alan Jacobs, whom I misnamed. His fan club quickly alerted me to his achievements. While I had read some of his columns in *Books and Culture*, his name evidently had not registered enough […]
Atheism
(Apparently the 5th most read article on Atheism on the Web): From Conservapedia Atheism, as defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, is the denial of the existence of God.[2][3] The atheistic worldview has a variety of effects on individuals and society at large which will be elaborated on […]
Women Bishops
Church of England faces exodus over women bishop reforms By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent Telegraph 25/05/2008 The church of England faces a mass exodus of priests and worshippers after plans were approved to allow women to become bishops without protection for traditionalists. At a confidential meeting, bishops narrowly voted to proceed with the historic […]
Religion and Animals
*Sightings* 5/29/08Religion and Other Animals— Paul WaldauA March 2008 news item from the BBC, “‘Praying’ dog at Japanese temple,” opened with the lines, “Attendance at a Buddhist temple in Japan has increased since the temple’s pet, a two-year-old dog, has joined in the daily prayers. Conan, a Chihuahua, sits on his hind legs, raises his […]
Purgatory
From someone on Usenet… interesting… I have a personal hunch/hypothesis/interpretation of the RC theory of Purgatory. My personal hunch is that THIS tough-slog- physical-material-domain where we currently exist IS in fact “Purgatory” — or at least a segment or level of it. My hunch further presumes — along with many theosophists, spiritualists and certain Buddhist […]
Purgatory (more)
From various corners of Usenet: You might enjoy reading some of Origen’s more speculative writing on the pre-existence of souls, etc. Of course, he had nothing to say about Purgatory per se, since it had not yet been invented. There is certainly no question that our present life can be intensely “purgatorial”, but it is […]
Theologians Without Borders
This is a terrific concept ¢â‚¬ ¦ See http://theologianswithoutborders.blogspot.com/ **** ¢â‚¬Å“Theologians Without Borders ¢â‚¬ By Geoff Pound Theologians Without Borders (TWB) is a ministry of the Baptist World Alliance that brings together seminaries that need short-term teachers and conventions that need preachers with people who are equipped and available to serve. While it has commenced among Baptists it […]
Charity and Justice
Saw this in an old Expository Times (1960s) magazine article: There was one kind of march we haven’t seen for a generation. We hope we never see it again in this country (U.K.). But it isn’t all that many years since long lines of ragged men with pinched faces and crumbling shoes, set off on […]
Prophets
When Prophesy Is Seen as Treason By Brian H.O.A. McHugh Harry Cook recently published what I thought to be a fine sermon on Dr. Jeremiah Wright and the whirlwind that has gathered around his words during the past several weeks. Cook made the point that Dr. Wright is a prophet, in the ancient tradition of […]
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