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“It Is” and “It Means”

I’m still several posts away from actually addressing the importance of community in individual interpretation, but it appears I am one step closer. What I am interested in for this post has been...

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Interpretive Communities, a Request, and a Heraldic Gospel

On a recent video from the Transforming Theology project, Phillip Clayton asked Tony Jones how the internet and Google have been at work changing theology. Jones replied that it allows for a greater,...

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Ethics, Eschatology, and Avatar

I recently saw the film “Avatar,” prompted by lots of press and the opportunity to spend time with my family, who also wanted to see it.  Long story short?  Pretty good movie if I’m just thinking about...

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Response to Wesley Menke #1

Wesley’s Blog Post (which is the inspiration for this post) is here. My original post on McLuhan, the medium, and the message, is here. An article about Epistemological Coherentism is here. To learn...

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On the Road Theopoetics

Lots of things in this one… The QUIP Quaker Writers conference was held to coincide with the release of this book (which I have a few things in). The Center for Process Studies at Claremont hosted the...

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Again for the First Time

  A review of Walter Brueggemann's The Prophetic Imagination Referencing: Revised Second Addition, 2001 Augsburg Fortress          A classic in the field of Biblical Studies and homiletics for years,...

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The Death of the Death of God OR “Gott ist tot” ist tot

  I'll preface all this by noting that what follows is thoroughly not a tracing of the Death of God Theology or Philosophy; mostly it is my perspectives on the whole "God is Dead," thing as it...

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Historical Hunting for Vitality, Hospitality, and Hope

  Among the Progressive Christian circles of which I am typically involved, theological stances range widely, from a version of Universalism that looks askance on traditional Christian language to a...

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Origen and Allegory

    Alrighty. So this is my first foray into history hunting for hope.  As I mentioned in a post a bit ago, I am hoping that others with join me in this exploration of tradition.  The video on that...

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Thom Stark and The Human Faces of God

  I met Thom Stark at 2010's American Academy of Religion and was excited to hear that he had a book out. His The Human Faces of God is an unapologetic critique of biblical inerrancy, earnest...

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Aesthetics, Embodiment, Dualism, and a Reading List

  Info about Kant's Aesthetics is here and here.   My Reading List Berleant, Arnold. “Aesthetic Embodiment.” Online here. Thiessen, Gesa Elsbeth.Theological Aesthetics: A Reader Johnson, Mark.The...

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Why Creeds? (Part 3 of 3)

This is the last part of a short piece I used as a pre-semester reading when I was co-teaching a seminary theology 101 course. The sections on theology are here and here, and the first two on creeds...

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Elaine Scarry’s “On Beauty and Being Just”

As part of my reading project to get more acquainted with the field of aesthetics, I read this weird little number from Elaine Scarry: On Beauty and Being Just. Cribbing from wikipedia, I know that...

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Rubem Alves and the Body’s Texts

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Me and the Fishes

Yesterday I got an email from someone who had particular questions related to some of my views about theology and God as mentioned in the video below. They were interesting to me and so I'm replying...

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