The Terrible Two Party System, Conclusion
Conclusion: A Christian case for Proportional Representation This nation was founded by men whose motto was, “No taxation without representation.” I believe that we need to go back to our roots and...
View ArticleWhy Political Jesus? part One: Political
It was last July that I made the (wise) move from Blogger to WordPress. Originally, I had dedicated this blog to the theologies of John Howard Yoder, Jurgen Moltmann, and James Hal Cone. But it said...
View ArticleAgainst Trinitarian Dogma/For Trinitarian Ethics?
Image via Wikipedia Recently, T.C. Robinson commented on Roger Olson’s assessment of the Trinity as a non-essential. That is, Olson believes that Christians do not have to affirm the doctrine of the...
View ArticleCarl Braaten on Missions, Fanon, and Barth
Carl Braaten, a Lutheran, was one of the first American-born theologians to adopt and publish on the theologies of hope out of Germany (Dorothy Soelle, Jurgen Moltmann, Wolfhart Pannenberg). While...
View ArticleDemocracy is the Problem: Jurgen Moltmann & A Theology for A Multi-Party System
Welcome to the revolution, Comrades Joel and Craig. Did you ever stop to think, that despite how many times you shout for inclusivism in our “democratic” society, that it would be of no use? Direct...
View ArticleMy first post ever on Science And Religion
Naturally Selecting A Nurturing Alternative I will be up front. I really am not read up on the debate of evolutionary science VERSUS young earth creationism (the world is only 6,000 years old) VERSUS...
View ArticleListening.
“Black theology opens up for the theology of the whites the unique chance to free itself from the constitutional blindness of white society, and to become Christian theology. If we listen seriously to...
View Articlehope and patience
“The Christian must be assured that God is fighting against it [suffering and evil]. God must be an enemy of all those who in “sloth” put up with evil. Hope, then, as seen in the minds of the slave...
View ArticleOpen Theism, Moltmann, Patristic Thought, & Divine Apatheia
In a recent facebook group discussion, we have gone back and forth about the meaning of what does it mean for God to be impassible? Does God really not suffer, and therefore is not able to relate to...
View Articlethe white supremacy of “silent piety” (part 2)- rod #Ferguson
“White Supremacy and Imagining The Crucified God” **editor’s note: I am indebted to Kelly Figueroa-Ray for this post, and for articulating in our conversations things that I was not able to** The...
View ArticleThe Good News about God’s Emotions. And Ours.
More thoughts On The Patristics, Divine Apatheia, & Divine Freedom Content Note: brief discussion of depression When I was a teenager, I battled depression for several years. I was unaware of God’s...
View Articleinfant lowly, infant holy
originally posted at Toy Adams’ Imagining Jesus blog These days, there are a lot of Christians that like to talk about being “Incarnation,” and even to some extent “The Incarnation” itself. There are...
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