We need to be guided by a vision of the global common good that will take us beyond the exclusivism of the church of economism to a just, sustainable, participatory, and planetary society. Read more
We need to be guided by a vision of the global common good that will take us beyond the exclusivism of the church of economism to a just, sustainable, participatory, and planetary society. Read more
To fight truth decay, I prescribe debunking disinformation. I propose an alliance including scientists, skeptics, and theologians: the SST Alliance. Read more
By myth-busting, we show how the 7 principal tenets of Milton Friedman's economism are destructive to the common good. Read more
After comparing models of creation in Big Bang cosmology, the multiverse, Buddhism, Hinduism, Egyptian mythology, Big History, and feminist theology, we introduce Ted Peters' proleptic eschatology: the Big Bang genesis of creation gains its essence from the new creation proleptically anticipated in Jesus’ Easter. Read more
The fireworks over Penal Substitution Theory makes us think that atonement itself is at stake. Not so. We've got six biblical and theological models to select from. Which is the best? Let's look at them all. Read more
Following economist Richard Norgaard and theologian John Cobb, this post analyses the myth of economism in light of the common good. Read more
Is racism a gospel issue? To answer we first need to distinguish prejudice from systemic racism. Church members without race prejudice can still foster systemic racism. What's the solution? Ask African Americans. Read more
The Christian public theologian raises only one voice among many on behalf of the common good for the many. Read more
When interpreting the Bible for the contemporary context, each systematic theologian must justify the method of interpretation and application. This applies whether one is a fundamentalist, progressive Protestant, Roman Catholic, or Eastern Orthodox. Today's intersectional theologians define themselves methodologically just as their detractors do. Read more
Demythicizing economism--our planet's Goliath--is necessary because it is an invisible religious ideology that justifies economic injustice. Read more
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