Does a primordial wolf lurk within your pet dog? Does a violent preternatural nature lurk within human civilization? Jack London hears the call of the wild in his novels about Buck, White Fang, and Wolf Larsen. Do you? Read more
Does a primordial wolf lurk within your pet dog? Does a violent preternatural nature lurk within human civilization? Jack London hears the call of the wild in his novels about Buck, White Fang, and Wolf Larsen. Do you? Read more
Rene Girard’s theory of Jesus-as-the-final-scapegoat reveals to us that we human beings are liars and killers who rely on a non-existent mechanism of sacrifice. God's grace has a lot to overcome for our forgiveness. Read more
Martin Luther's "Happy Exchange" model of atonement is a distinctive variant of the satisfaction and penal substitution models. The exchange applies twice. First on Calvary in the communicatio ideomatum, the exchange of human and divine attributes. The exchange happens a second time in your and my faith, where Christ takes on sin and death and gives us grace and life. Read more
Compassion toward non-human animals constitutes full reverence for God's creation, says LDS theologian Lincoln Cannon. The supersedence of no-kill cultivated meat over slaughtered meat would not only put much needed protein on everyone's dinner table, it would show greater respect if not compassion toward the other species in our planet's ecosphere. Read more
The Penal Substitution Theory of Atonement is under fire from multiple directions. Here's one direction: PST is accused of divine child abuse. God abuses the Son by demanding his suffering and death. Is this accusation true? If guilty, then the cross must be redeemed from the myth of redemptive violence. Can anyone sort out this mess? Read more
As China threatens to take Taiwan by military force, we ask whether there's a Taiwan crisis? What will happen to Roman Catholics and other Christians should Beijing exact restrictions on religious freedom? To find out, we interview Frank Budenholzer, chemistry professor at Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei. Read more
Anselm's Satisfaction Theory of Atonement gets accused of divine child abuse and other nasties. The Penal Substitution Theory is targeted with even more nasties. Let's take a moment to understand them. Read more
Would cultivated meat be kosher? We ask Jewish Studies Professor Sam Shonkoff, who provides the conditions for cultivate meat to be kosher. Read more
Like a knight in combat, the valiant Sharon Delgado attacks the powers of domination with the breastplate of prayer and the sword of love. She is a public theologian in battle for the fecund health of Planet Earth and for justice to those marginalized by the dominating political, economic, and cultural class. Sharon Delgado incarnates what the rest of us can aspire to. Read more
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