Theoblogy
The app I dreamed up — Ordain Thyself — made the Minneapolis newspaper today. You can get the app for yourself here. Read more
The app I dreamed up — Ordain Thyself — made the Minneapolis newspaper today. You can get the app for yourself here. Read more
Today and tomorrow, you can get the Common English Bible – ePub Edition for free. It’s a great translation, which we’ve been using at Solomon’s Porch recently. What is the CEB? The Common English Bible is not simply a revision or update of an existing translation. It is a bold new translation designed to meet the needs of Christians as they work to build a strong and meaningful relationship with God through Jesus Christ. A key goal of the CEB translation... Read more
Scot posted a review of Anathea Portier-Young’s book, Apocalypse against Empire: Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism, last Saturday. I got to work with Thea a couple summers ago, when I taught at Sewanee Summer School. She’s great — one of the shining lights of the future of biblical studies. Here’s a great video of her talking, passionately, about the Hebrew Scripture: Read more
PRINCETON, NJ — Forty-six percent of Americans believe in the creationist view that God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years. The prevalence of this creationist view of the origin of humans is essentially unchanged from 30 years ago, when Gallup first asked the question. About a third of Americans believe that humans evolved, but with God’s guidance; 15% say humans evolved, but that God had no part in the process. Read the... Read more
Don’t take my word for it. Just ask the Vatican, which, in its condemnation of Margaret Farley’s book, Just Love, reminded its flock that masturbation is an “intrinsically and gravely disordered action.” Which means that about 95% of the Catholics in the pews this Sunday will be guilty of the heinous sin of self abuse. VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Monday sharply criticized a book on sexuality written by a prominent American nun, saying it contradicted church teaching on... Read more
For one day only, Brazos Press is offering Death and Afterlife: A Theological Introduction for free on the Kindle. Plus, they’ve got a bunch of other books at 55-65% off. Read more
So wonders Robert Burt of Yale Law School: Whether we approach the Bible as believers in its truth or solely with an appreciation of its literary qualities, we cannot accurately understand the text if we overlook the deep doubts and fears of the characters, including their doubts about God’s wisdom. A close reading reveals many instances when human beings withhold allegiance from God – and seemingly with good reason. One obvious example is in the book of Job, in which... Read more
Kudos for RHE running a week-long series on mutuality. And to Scot McKnight for his repeated posts on this topic. But seriously. As I sat over my coffee this morning, reading the morning paper and smelling the garlic parmesan sourdough bread that I had in the oven, I thought about RHE’s series and wondered how I could write something that would help her convince “complementarians” to become “egalitarians.” And I’m completely stumped. It is simply unfathomable to me that entire... Read more
A powerful Op Ed in the Strib reiterates what I’ve been writing here about the governor’s veto of the Shared Parenting Bill: He was swayed by a small group of wealthy, powerful lawyers — lawyers who have a lot to gain by the standing law that forces judges to pick winners and losers. It’s really unconscionable what Dayton did. In vetoing the bill that would have increased the minimum presumption of shared parenting following a divorce from 25 percent of... Read more
I’m on a lot of panels at conferences. Rarely are they all white men (anymore). If they are, then I refuse to take part. It seems that the same thing happens in the tech world, and Cord Jefferson (a white man) is sick of it: After watching this happen again and again, something occurred to me: Why don’t the white men who are asked to engage in this nonsense simply stop doing it? The boycott is a protest with a... Read more
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