Via Facebook. For those who hate unsourced internet quotations, this comes from p.15 of his book New Seeds of Contemplation. Read more
Via Facebook. For those who hate unsourced internet quotations, this comes from p.15 of his book New Seeds of Contemplation. Read more
Fred Clark had a post about the lack of support for pregnant workers from pro-life groups. It included this poignant statement: I’m still impressed by the number of Good Christian People who loved the recent movie adaptation of Les Miserables, but who, at the same time, have based their entire political and religious identity on making sure that every real woman in Fantine’s situation suffers as miserably as she did. Read more
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Phil Long has posted a last call for submissions to this month’s Biblical Studies Carnival, as well as an appeal for volunteers to host future carnivals. Read more
The Progressive Christianity website has a large number of articles today about creeds. Here are some of them: Gordon Lynch, “Dreaming of a Post-Credal Christianity” Fred Plumer, “Creeds and Deeds” Jim Burklo, “Credo: God Is” Polly Moore, “New Creeds” And in related news, here’s my “Creed” again, which may get performed at my church sometime soon: Read more
I had my attention drawn today to an article by Howard Bess, a retired American Baptist minister. The title is “Rethinking the Genesis Message.” Here’s a sample: Genesis 1 is the Israelite response to chaos and endless war. In the Genesis 1 myth, the Israelite God confronts a world that is without form and is engulfed in darkness. In modern language, the earth was chaotic beyond useful function. So God sets out to do something about chaos and the useless... Read more
I saw this on Facebook: It seems problematic from two perspectives – the use of “belief” in relation to a scientific conclusion, and the depiction of the first primate ancestor shown in the image in a manner that looks like a modern animal, which confuses many people and leads to the inane objection based on that misconception, “If we evolved from monkeys then why are there still monkeys?” But I decided to share it if only in the hope that... Read more
I was looking recently for an amusing song to convey key points about information literacy to students. Since I didn’t find something that was in a style I could relate to, I made this. It is goofy, but it’s supposed to me. Hope you enjoy it! Lyrics: Viva la Library (The Information Literacy Song) I used to search the web Believing stuff random people said Thought that my roommate was such a nerd When to the library he referred I... Read more
David Hayward posted another thought-provoking cartoon: There are so many points that one can make in relation to this. The problem of looking for God in the Bible, when by definition any reality worthy of the designation “God” is not to be found in a book. The fact that so many atheists are convinced that there is no God because ancient authors of the Bible held beliefs about both God and the world that are unpersuasive. The fact that focusing... Read more
Has anyone else ever noticed that conservative Christians of various sorts tend to emphasize things which are either not actually spelled out in the Bible, or which are mentioned in passing or by lone authors and so arguably less than central to the faith and practice of early Christians? As a New Testament scholar, I am aware that sometimes what is articulated in writings may not represent core beliefs. This is particularly true in letters, which tend to assume a... Read more
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