Theology
Farewell to the Rapture (N T Wright)
Farewell to the Rapture (N.T. Wright, Bible Review, August 2001) Little did Paul know how his colorful metaphors for Jesus’ second coming would be misunderstood two millennia later. The American obsession with the second coming of Jesus — especially with distorted interpretations of it — continues unabated. Seen from my side of the Atlantic, the […]
They Spoke in Tongues
Tongues: The Apostles — Acts 2:4-11 Others (believers) — Mark 16:17 St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) – A gifted speaker, he attracted crowds everywhere he went, speaking in multiple tongues St. Vincent Ferrer (1357-1419) St. Bernardine of Siena (1380-1444) St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552) St. Louis Bertrand (1526-1581) St. Francis Solano (1549-1610) Father Zlatko Sudac (1971-) […]
Violence and the Sacred: a response
Re: Violence and the Sacred Thanks for sharing this piece, Rowland. I have found the theological anthropology of Rene Girard enormously helpful over the last couple of years. I must admit to not having read very much of Girard himself, but quite a bit from some of his followers. I would especially commend James Alison’s […]
Abolishing The Violence At The Heart Of The Sacred
Pope Benedict has stirred Muslims around the world by quoting an old text stating that Islam is inherently violent implying, it seems, that somehow Christianity is not. Catholic and Protestant Christianity both have a history of religiously inspired violence – the Crusades, the murderous Inquisition, Luther’s support for the violent repression of the Peasants’ Revolt, […]
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis | Book Review Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough This is a “mini-review”. It serves merely to give one a brief overview of the book. While it is not a Christian book, it serves as required reading at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena. The reason for this is surely the perception, particularly in the Church of the […]
Stages of Faith: An Interview with James Fowler
Stages of Faith An Interview with James Fowler by Harold Kent Straughn Straughn: Dr. Fowler, I’d like to begin by asking you to unfold in summary form the six stages of faith as your research has developed them. Fowler: All right. Inevitably this will be sketchy. If we start with infancy-the time from birth to […]
Faith and Spiritual Development
An interesting slide show at http://faculty.valpo.edu/jnelson/AgingWebPage/Notes/Spirit/sld001.htm
Baptism in the early church
One of the church’s early liturgical documents is the “Apostolic Traditions” of Hyppolytus. This appears to date from the third century, though the extant manuscripts in Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic and Latin are much later. The following is the first paragraph of section 21, under the heading “Of the conferring of holy baptism”, from the edition […]
Judas and the Gospel of Jesus, by Tom Wright
Judas and the Gospel of Jesus. By Tom Wright. SPCK, 2006. The standing joke about Tom Wright goes like this: An inquiring student gives Dr Wright a call. His secretary says, ‘Sorry, but he is busy writing a book”. To which the student caller replies, “That’s OK, I’ll hold”. NT Wright is one of our […]
Healing: another response
Friend [1]: I had a conversation with a minister in our town the other day about healing which really annoyed me. Her understanding of the Bible’s teaching was along the lines of: 1.. All sickness if of the devil 2.. Jesus is stronger than the devil 3.. Therefore all sickness should get healed Orthodox Church […]
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