1.0slacktivisthttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivistFred Clarkhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/author/fredclark1/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JIbPnWbnqD"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2015/07/11/a-deeper-shade-of-soul/">A deeper shade of soul</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2015/07/11/a-deeper-shade-of-soul/embed/#?secret=JIbPnWbnqD" width="600" height="338" title="“A deeper shade of soul” — slacktivist" data-secret="JIbPnWbnqD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Old newspaper headlines employ the word "souls," and we bring to that word all of our Platonic, dualistic baggage and assumptions about what that word means. But their use of the word suggests something wholly incompatible with those dualistic ideas. Their use of the word -- their appeal to the concept -- is quite the opposite of what we expect when we approach that word with all of the connotations we've absorbed from Plato and Augustine and revivalist altar-call soteriology.http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/files/2015/07/titanicwashingtonpost.jpg