{"id":1774,"date":"2012-10-29T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/10\/meet-r3-contributor-crystal-st-marie-lewis.html"},"modified":"2012-10-29T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T08:32:00","slug":"meet-r3-contributor-crystal-st-marie-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/10\/meet-r3-contributor-crystal-st-marie-lewis.html","title":{"rendered":"Meet R3 Contributor: Crystal St. Marie Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>


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When Crystal St. Marie Lewis isn\u2019t writing for R3, she\u2019s engaging Christianity\u2019s tough questions on her blog:\u00a0Diary of a Christian Universagnosticostal<\/a>. She is known for her candid (and often edgy) postmodern perspectives on theology, faith infused with reason, the future of Christianity, and \u201cradical religious pluralism\u201d. Crystal describes herself as \u201cincurably curious\u201d and says skepticism is a calling, not a curse. She is committed to following Jesus, living her most faithful expression of Micah 6:8, inter-religious dialogue and the seven guiding principles of Unitarian Universalism. Crystal lives in Washington, DC where she is pursuing enlightenment, the Kingdom of God, zero-calorie chocolate and a Master of Theological Studies. Please feel free to follow Crystal on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/span>

<\/span>1.\u00a0The Still Small Voice: An Easter Reflection<\/a><\/span><\/span>
2.\u00a0The Divine: When Words Fail<\/a><\/span><\/span>
3.\u00a0Of Dust and Ashes: A (Re) reading of the Book of Job<\/a><\/span>
4.\u00a0The Bible and Same Sex Relationships: When Theologies Collide<\/a><\/span>
5.\u00a0Was This Guy Really Resurrected?<\/a><\/span>
6.\u00a0A Few Words on Top Down Theology<\/a><\/span>
7.\u00a0God in the Gray Areas: A Defense of the Spiritual But Not Religious<\/a><\/span>
8.\u00a0God is\u2026and Maybe That\u2019s All<\/a><\/span>
9.\u00a0When Perception Matters Most: David, Bathsheba, and Hearing the Victim\u2019s Story<\/a><\/span>
10.\u00a0<\/span>What I Mean When I Call Christianity A \u201cPrivileged\u00a0Class\u201d\u2026<\/a><\/span>
11.\u00a0The Bible and Same-Sex Relationships: When Theologies Collide<\/a><\/span>
12.LET\u2019S NOT \u201cAGREE TO DISAGREE\u201d<\/a><\/span>
13.\u00a0WHAT CHRISTIANITY CAN LEARN FROM BUDDHISM<\/a> ABOUT CHANGE<\/a><\/span>
14.Where Is God?<\/a><\/span>
15.\u00a0Is Your Church A Safe Space?<\/a><\/span>
16. White Men Can\u2019t Jump Out of the Frying Pan That Easily<\/a><\/span>
17.\u00a0How Seminaries and the Ordination Process Leave Theologically \u201cLiberal\u201d Christians Behind<\/a><\/span>
18. When Liberal Christians Draw the Circle Narrow<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
19. Our Literarcy Bias: What it is and How It Affects Our Perception of #Scripture<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
20.Cultivating Knowledge of Christian History is a Moral Obligation<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
21. On #Christian #Fundamentalism\u2019s Ongoing Effort to Win Custody of #Jesus<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
22. When Modern-Day Messengers Cook Up Unpalatable Messages<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
23. A Reflection on the #Zimmerman Verdict and Traditional Eschatology<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
24.\u00a0History vs. Theology: Examine and Understand Their Starting Points<\/a>
25. The Silent Black Megachurch Pastor: We Need To Wake Up, Y\u2019All<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Crystal St. Marie Lewis isn\u2019t writing for R3, she\u2019s engaging Christianity\u2019s tough questions on her blog:\u00a0Diary of a Christian Universagnosticostal. She is known for her candid (and often edgy) postmodern perspectives on theology, faith infused with reason, the future of Christianity, and \u201cradical religious pluralism\u201d. 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