Theology
Who ate Roger Williams? (More..)
“Who ate Roger Williams?” (More..) Roger Williams, as only those outside the U.S. won’t know, was the founder of the colony of Rhode Island. And all Baptists *think* he was one of theirs, because he was passionate about Religious Liberty (see http://www.constitution.org/bcp/religlib.htm ). Well, he was a Baptist for a while… Anyway… When the remains […]
A Plea For Religious Liberty (roger Williams)
A PLEA FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY by Roger Wiliams 1 [Roger Williams (ca. 1603-83), religious leader and one of the founders of Rhode Island, was the son of a well-to-do London businessman. Educated at Cambridge (A.B., 1627) he became a clergyman and in 1630 sailed for Massachusetts. He refused a call to the church of Boston […]
Who Ate Roger Williams?
I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION A popular song during the 70’s asked an age old question: “What’s it all about Alphie? Is it just for the moment we live?” Three thousand years ago Job asked the same sort of question: “If a man die, will he live again?” (Job 14:14). What do you say? There […]
Fundamentalism does not represent the whole of Christianity
From a friend: Fundamentalism does not represent the whole of Christianity. … since the 1970s … the rise of a type of religiosity that we usually call ‘fundamentalism’ in most of the major world religions, including the three religions of God. A highly political spirituality, it is literal and intolerant in its vision. …. Christian […]
Fundamentalism – Characteristics
Fundamentalism – Characteristics Based on research of different fundamentalist traditions Marty and Appleby come to the following definition: [… ], fundamentalism has appeared as a tendency, a habit of mind, found within religious communities and paradigmatically embodied in certain representative individuals and movements, which manifests itself as a strategy, or set of strategies, by which […]
Apokatastasis (2)
Re: Apokatastasis Feedback from newsgroups Rowland Croucher wrote (quoting Richard Rohr): When I read the history of the church and its dogma, I see ‘apokatastasis’ was never condemned as heretical. Response [1] Really? Remember that is was Origen that taught the doctrine of apokatastatis, and here is what the Synod of Constantiople held in 543 […]
The Psychology of Christian Fundamentalism – 1: LITERALISM
(From a friend): The Psychology of Christian Fundamentalism By WALTER A. DAVIS “I know you’re a Christian, but who are you a Christian against.” Kenneth Burke In Apocalypse, a patient study of Christian fundamentalism based on extensive interviews over a five year period with members of apocalyptic communities Charles Strozier identifies four basic beliefs as […]
The Psychology of Christian Fundamentalism – 2: SEXUAL ROOTS
(From a friend): The Psychology of Christian Fundamentalism By WALTER A. DAVIS “I know you’re a Christian, but who are you a Christian against.” Kenneth Burke …. V. Sexual Roots of the Fundamentalist Psyche “Think of the depressing contrast between the radiant intelligence of a healthy child and the feeble intellectual powers of the average […]
How Are We Meant to Understand Genesis? (Ken Smith)
How Are We Meant to Understand Genesis? Note: I haven’t separated Ken’s comments from the quotes from Hodge: you’ll discern where one ends and the other begins. Rowland). I have already posted in this thread Augustine’s criticisms of people who want to make deductions about “the way the world is”, to use a common phrase, […]
Science and Christianity
This is my initial posting for the part of this thread which will address the specific point of whether scientific findings can be accepted by Christians who declare themselves to be evangelical, and, in particular, by those who are prepared to insist on the “inerrancy” of the Bible. Let me reiterate that here and in […]
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