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Tag: Christ

The Criminal Christ: Finding Jesus Amidst a War on Drugs

The Criminal Christ: Finding Jesus Amidst a War on Drugs

Posted on June 20, 2016June 15, 2016 by Kathryn Ray
This post originally appeared on the Clergy for a New Drug Policy blog. “My son was about two years old.  I had taken him to the park to play… Two little boys, one blond-haired, the other red-hea... Read More
Understanding Calvinism (A Book Review on: The Joy of Calvinism By Greg Forster)

Understanding Calvinism (A Book Review on: The Joy of Calvinism By Greg Forster)

Posted on June 8, 2015May 26, 2015 by Deborah Ruth Ferber
Elect or not elect, that is the question. For several years, the question of Calvinism and Arminianism has plagued my mind. By way of introduction, Calvinism is the Christian reformed belief system t... Read More
Theology of the Body, Episode 2: The Gendering of Voices in a Mormon Sunday Choir

Theology of the Body, Episode 2: The Gendering of Voices in a Mormon Sunday Choir

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Alasdair Ekpenyong
Like the master-signifier of reality, the hanging portrait of a prophet hovered in the air of a vacated instruction room, smiling with relief over a group of the elect youth of God’s Zion who ha... Read More
Evil Rising From Where We Tried to Bury It

Evil Rising From Where We Tried to Bury It

Posted on September 3, 2012April 2, 2014 by Ted Dedon
In 1945, as Allied forces were closing in on him, Adolf Hitler took his own life. His death seemed to symbolize the end of the Nazi Empire. In recent times, there appears to be a Rise of the Evil Hi... Read More
Dawkins vs. Williams: A View from Inside the Sheldonian by Sara Jude Berry

Dawkins vs. Williams: A View from Inside the Sheldonian by Sara Jude Berry

Posted on March 5, 2012May 13, 2015 by State of Formation
On 23 February 2012, I attended the debate at Oxford University’s Sheldonian Theatre between Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Arch-New Atheist, Richard Dawkins. The topic up for dis... Read More

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