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A Rant of Sorts: Grappling with Religious Belief, Belonging, Exclusion and Community
Recently I’ve been having some pretty fascinating conversations about what it means to belong to community. In fact, just this week I sat in room full of colleagues and debated whether or not someone needed to become a member of a local church in order to be considered a full participant. The whole conversation left [...]
Brad East: On Coherence in Christian Teaching: Hospitality, Truthfulness, and Speaking as Yourself
Here is another great article from a friend and guest blogger Brad East. Like myself, Brad is a second-year MDiv student at Candler School of Theology. Hailing from Austin, Texas, with his wife Katelin, Brad plans to go on to doctorate work and to teach and write at the university level. His academic interests include [...]
Philip Clayton vs. Academic Theology: The Postman Revisited
Philip Clayton equals Kevin Costner as epic hero.
In recent conversations with Philip (listen to podcast here), and with others (see AAR 2009 or HBC podcast), Clayton has really begun to push against academic “ivory tower” theology as being too disconnected from the kind of theology that is really necessary or capable of meeting the needs [...]
Derek Koehl: Why Emergent Must Never Have Anything to Say
Welcome to the first guest blogger of the new year. Over the next several weeks you’ll get to meet a new group of my friends, theologians, philosophers, artists, and bloggers. I hope you enjoy interacting!
This week we meet Derek Koehl. A scribbler of verses, words, and random thoughts, Derek Koehl is also a master educator [...]
Haiti: Abduction, Adoption, or Arrogance?
Some friends and I have been pondering on my Facebook profile about the recent allegations of child trafficking in Haiti. Of course by now you would recognize the allegations that have been levied against a group of well-meaning Baptist from Idaho.
Today in my class on Ethics, we spent a good deal of the time [...]
Are we really the world?
For New Years eve, Laura, a few freinds and I all went to hear Band of Horses at The Tabernacle in Atlanta. On the whole it was a great night and great show!
What got me though was the closing song the band chose for NYE: We are the world. Why you might ask would this [...]
Guest Blogger: Lynn Hopkins on the Death Penalty
Homicide, other duties as assigned
On November 10th, a small group of men entered the dwelling place of a man in Virginia, bound him, transported him to another location, and killed him. It was intentional and premeditated, planned in detail. No one claims that the homicide was self-defense or that this man posed any imminent threat. [...]
Unlearning Celebrity: The Postmodern Struggle for Significance
I am no celebrity and it sucks. At least that is what I feel the world keeps telling me.
The other day as I was spending some time talking with a good friend of mine, it occurred to us both that the hyper-celebrity-centered nature of our society has left us feeling like if we and our [...]
Non-profit benefits, the Church, and Health Care Reform
I’ve been thinking more and more about the ‘how’ of funding the kind of reform necessary to meet the needs of the 46′000′000+ Americans who do not have health insurance.
Such an endeavor has led me to ask some crazy questions, most of which need be dropped. However, there is one that keeps coming back to [...]
Losing My Historical Jesus
So, I drank the kool aid.
One of the great joys of being at the Candler School of Theology has been the faculty that we as students get to engage with. Last semester it was people like Dr. Jacob Wright, Dr. Brent Strawn, Dr. Tom Long, and Dr. Mary Elizabeth Moore.
This semester, I have had the [...]
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