Theology
Theological Field Education
Theological Field Education, December 12, 2007 Australia and New Zealand Association for Conference 21 to 23 November 2007, Brisbane Queensland ¢â‚¬â„¢Field Education as a Source of Integration in Training ¢â‚¬â„¢ Colin Hunter – Director of Theological Field Education, Whitley College In honour of the late Professor Emeritus John Paver The topic ¢â‚¬ËœField education as a source […]
On the Outs
On the Outs, December 11, 2007 (A liberal Episcopalian writes about his agnosticism in terms of belief in God or the efficacy of prayer) Dec. 9, 2007 By Harry T. Cook A person unacquainted with my heterodoxy assumed, given my line of work, that I would naturally be willing – eager even – to ¢â‚¬Ëœsay […]
Universalism: a Baptist’s View
Here’s a recent quote on universalism, by the Baptist scholar John Colwell (from Spurgeon’s College, London) (page 27 of his new book, “The Rhythm of Doctrine” (Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2007). “The hope of the New Testament is unequivocally universal: there is no reality that is not destined to be brought to completion in Christ; there […]
Religion holds its own in the forum of public debate
Religion holds its Own in the Forum of Public Debate. December 5, 2007 Religion holds its own in the forum of public debate From The Times November 23, 2007 Paul Woolley Lord Melbourne, the 19th-century Prime Minister, once said, after hearing an evangelical sermon: ¢â‚¬ËœThings have come to a pretty pass when religion is allowed […]
The Curse of Bibliolatry
The Curse of Bibliolatry. December 3, 2007 The Curse of Bibliolatry (A liberal Christian view) Dec. 2, 2007 By Harry T. Cook It is common wisdom that the Gutenberg revolution coupled with the translation of the Bible into the vernacular was a monumentally great thing for the human race, or at least the part of […]
Heaven and Hell
To a friend who asked whether God gives adults the freedom to accept/reject him and live with the eternal consequences of that choice, I wrote… My inference is that in terms of knowledge/ignorance of the cosmic consequences of our choices the best analogy is that of a small child, not an adult – unless the […]
The Gospels and modern scholarship
(A modern Liberal approach to the study of the Gospels) Nov. 25, 2007 Getting On With It By Harry T. Cook With the hounds of the anti-heresy squad baying at my heels, I thought I may as well buckle down on my on-again, off-again major research on the four documents known as According to Thomas, […]
Apocalypse? Not the Way You Think
Nov. 18, 2007 By Harry T. Cook Luke 21: 5-19 The last ding-dong of doom will be sounded in sermons all over Christendom today as the church tries to respond to the content of such bible reading as we hear at this season. Whether we take the language of those readings literally or metaphorically, the […]
Definition of ‘fundamentalism’
I read this somewhere: I see fundamentalism as “believing you have nothing to learn from an ‘other’ while believing the other has a lot to learn from you”. There are Islamic fundamentalists, Jewish fundamentalists, Evangelical fundamentalists, so why can’t there be Liberal fundamentalists…? I’ve certainly noticed behaviour from ‘liberals’ that fits my description above?
Bishops continue moratorium on same-gender blessings
Posted On : November 6, 2007 4:45 PM | Posted By : Admin ACO Related Categories: Canada ACNS:4333 ‘Schismatic’ activity concerns church leaders Canada’s Anglican bishops, at their regular fall meeting, decided to leave in place a set of pastoral guidelines concerning church services for gay couples that stops short of blessings or marriage. They […]
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