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New Podcast: Michael Dowd, The New Atheists as God’s Prophets

This week we are posting a podcast that was recorded by Michael Dowd, author of Thank God for Evolution, on his podcast
After Nick listened to this podcast, he asked Michael if we could re-post it. I don’t know how many of you may have had the chance to catch it on his podcast, so here [...]

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 [...]

New Podcast: Kimberly Knight , Church in Second Life

This week, Nick and I have a chat with Kimberly Knight.
Kimberly Knight is a pastor of a congregation in Second Life, an online avatar driven community.
This conversation stemmed from some buzzing discussion about what is church and what is virtual church.
Zach Lind and Nick did a rantcast about it a few months back and then [...]

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 [...]

Check out this Podcast: Philip Clayton

In this episode, I interviews Philip Clayton about his book Transforming Christian Theology: For Church and Society. We also talk about the upcoming Theology After Google event and Clayton’s then pre-debate with Daniel Dennet. Enjoy!
Philip Clayton & Dan Dennet Conversation link.
Theology After Google link.
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Kimberly Knight: Don’t Hold Your Breath…Act Now!

Another guest blogger: Kimberly Knight. Kimberly is the Circuit Rider for The Beatitudes Society. A graduate of Candler School of Theology,  she brings to her theological musings more than fifteen years of experience across a broad spectrum of technology settings including multimedia production and instructional technology. She currently serves as the pastor of an online [...]

Heads Up: I Just Saw Avatar!

As an FYI, I just saw Avatar. Yes, it’s been out a while, but alas, I saw it in 3D none the less.
So, by initial impressions, expect 5 posts on it over the next few months. Here are a few taster titles:
Movies James Cameron Stole From
Sex, Ecology and Process Theology
Why the Matrix Had it Right!
These [...]

Troy Bronsink: Don’t Hold Your Breath…For Too Long

Here is another guest blogger of the new season. This time, my friend Troy Bronsink gifts us with an Ash Wednesday reflection.
For those who don’t know, Troy is an artist and a pastor seeking the way of Jesus. He and his wife, Kelley, and daughter, Eve, live in the Capitol View neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, [...]

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 [...]

Theology After Google: An Event & A Question

On March 10-12 in Claremont, California, there is an event taking place called Theology After Google. I’ll be there.
As decribed on the website, “Why ‘theology after Google’?”:
“Progressive Christian theologians have some vitally important things to say, things that both the church and society desperately need to hear. The trouble is, we tend to deliver our [...]

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