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Martin Marty on Rowan Williams

By and others ⋅ February 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

*Sightings * 2/25/08 On Rowan Williams — Martin E. Marty The Church of England today is a weak institution with a strong leader. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, though given few official powers, uses his office and voice in efforts to hold together the polarized eighty-million-member Anglican Communion. He is also a first-rate theologian and […]

Kierkegaard’s Attack Upon Christendom

By and others ⋅ February 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

There is very little about this book on the web though this is Soren Kierkegaard’s last book and the most relevant to contemporary Christianity. Try substituting a rich TV preacher with “Bishop Mynster” and note any similarity. Mark’s comments in *[…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Translated by Walter Lowrie Princeton University Press: 1944 PART 1 – Articles In […]

Growth, Violence, and the Coming Religious Peace

By and others ⋅ February 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Growth, Violence and the Coming Religious Peace. February 19, 2008 Growth, Violence, and the Coming Religious Peace *Sightings* 2/18/08  ¢â‚¬“ Martin E. Marty Decades ago an *Atlantic* editor suggested an idea for an article which I somehow failed to produce. I recall him saying that the magazine rarely covered religion, but when it did, as […]

What difference does God make today?

By and others ⋅ February 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

What difference does God make today? February 19, 2008 What difference does God make today? Simon Barrow Abstract In a society which is publicly sceptical of Christianity and which often assumes that all  ¢â‚¬ËœGod talk ¢â‚¬â„¢ is superstituous or merely subjective, this paper suggests how the basic grammar of Christian belief can make sense today, and […]

Progressive Evangelicals (Jim Wallis, Sojourners)

By and others ⋅ February 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

QUOTE OF THE WEEK ================================================= I find that my conscience will not allow me to continue business as usual. – Steven Spielberg, announcing his resignation as artistic advisor for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, to protest China’s support for the Sudanese government and “the unspeakable crimes against humanity that […]

The Eucharist

By and others ⋅ February 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

From a scientist-friend, who is a Christian: Remember that each time you take communion, there is a good chance that one of the atoms you consume was at some time present in Jesus actual body.

Walter Brueggemann on biblical authority

By and others ⋅ January 31, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Walter Brueggemann on Biblical Authority. January 31, 2008 Walter Brueggemann on biblical authority Submitted by DanSteiger on 20 November, 2003  ¢â‚¬“ 19:31. Walter Brueggemann on Biblical Authority. January 31, 2008 Walter Brueggemann on biblical authority Submitted by DanSteiger on 20 November, 2003  ¢â‚¬“ 19:31. From the outset I would like to add a personal note […]

Walter Brueggemann’s 19 theses

By and others ⋅ January 31, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Walter Brueggemann ¢â‚¬â„¢s 19 theses. January 31, 2008 Walter Brueggemann’s 19 theses The accompanying audio can be found here: http://soupiset.typepad.com/soupablog/ Brueggemann_19_Theses.html Walter Brueggemann ¢â‚¬â„¢s 19 theses. 1. Everybody lives by a script. The script may be implicit or explicit. It may be recognized or unrecognized, but everybody has a script. 2. We get scripted. All of us […]

Wesleyans and Scripture

By and others ⋅ January 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Wesleyans and Scripture. January 30, 2008 Wesleyans and Scripture This is an excerpt on Wesleyan commitment to Scripture from my book United Methodist Beliefs (available from Cokesbury).  William H. Willimon  January 28, 2008 On Wesleyan Commitment In our Discipline the first source of theology is Scripture. Scripture is primary in Wesleyanism: We share with many Christian communions […]

A Consistent Biblical Approach to (homo)sexuality

By and others ⋅ January 24, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

Dr. Keith Dyer (Professor of New Testament, Whitley College, University of Melbourne) Placing Bible and homosexuality together in the one sentence always provokes questions. Some questioners are genuinely puzzled, some are angry: Why do we continue to ask what the Bible says about homosexuality when the few verses that do seem to refer to it […]

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