I have the pleasure to announce a new column I am writing over at Patheos.com, "the premier online destination to engage in the global dialogue about religion and spirituality and to explore and experience the world's beliefs." I am calling the column "Changing Church, Changing World" to explore the social, psychological, economic, and theological material [...]
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harvey cox: from the secular city to the age of faith
Harvey Cox's latest book is in part an autobiographical account of Cox's own journey of faith seen in an historical context as a product of the movement of his faith development. In large part it is a continuation of his previous work that looked at the place of the church within an evolving secular society. [...]
euthanizing the word "unbiblical"
Tony Jones has been giving a series of posts on euphemisms and words within Christianity that are ridden with assumed values that are more harmful than helpful not only in our discourse, but in our desire to be a community. He also tackles a set of words that have tended to bother me namely, "unbiblical", [...]
the political meaning of "sola scriptura"
Evan Curry discusses the meaning and function of sola scriptura here. Money quote: If we hold Scripture and tradition hand-in-hand, reminding ourselves what tradition has to say about Scripture, and Scripture about tradition, it influences our worship and how we live as “God’s people.” We remember the importance of the Eucharist, and it is not [...]
neo-conservative absurdity
Kevin Drum gets it and succinctly presents it: When the subject has anything to do with sex, the right in America is the party of moral absolutes. We know what's right, we know what's wrong, and even if there's a price to pay we can't shirk our responsibility to set a proper example and do [...]
