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January 2023

January 04, 2023

The Public Theology of Luis Oviedo

Known for his leadership in the dialogue between theology & science, Luis Oviedo promotes human...

January 01, 2023

The Soul of Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI's career as a systematic theologian is well worth remembering. Here we look at...

December 2022

December 28, 2022

To Slay the Christian Nationalist Dragon

The Christian nationalist dragon, like other myths, makes the knight--in this case, the knight is...

December 26, 2022

Religion Decline & Public Theology

Religion decline is made obvious not only by the decline of church attendance and the...

December 22, 2022

Christmas 4: Mean Estate

For here we see the great and wonderful work of God, that for the sake...

December 20, 2022

Christmas 3: Truth at Christmas

Truth, eternally existing in the bosom of the Father, has sprung from the earth so...

December 18, 2022

Christmas 2: Word Became Flesh

We humans do not fashion words in the same way in which Adam and Ever...

December 16, 2022

Christmas 1: God Desired a Harlot

A Christmas meditation. "God Desired a Harlot," said St. John Chrysostom. What wondrous love is...

December 14, 2022

Christmas Blues

As valuable as Science for the Church is for getting our heads screwed on right,...

December 13, 2022

House to Home for Christmas

What turns a house into a home for Christmas, says Professor Derek Nelson, is belonging,...

December 09, 2022

O Come Emmanuel

The Advent hymn, O Come O Come Emmanuel, unites today's Christians by giving them ancient...

December 06, 2022

Did I lose my Self to Christian Freedom?

Christian freedom, paradoxically, enhances libertarian freedom for loving the neighbor.

December 04, 2022

Creating an AI Co-Creator? Philip Hefner’s Mind

Could God's Created Co-Creator create an AI Co-Creator, thereby making humans into gods? What does...

November 2022

November 30, 2022

Did I lose my Self to my Brain?

Brain and self. What's the relation? Can a neuroscientist rightly say that the self can...

November 30, 2022

Did I lose my Self to Determinism?

Consciousness and Neuroscience in a Physical World Did I lose my self to determinism? Not...

November 28, 2022

Did I lose my inborn sense of God to Atheism?

Our inborn sensus divinitatis touted by John Calvin and Friedrich Schleiermacher seems to be threatened...

November 26, 2022

A Picture of God

Alice Rose, age 6, drew a picture of God smiling. Why? Because God loves the...

November 25, 2022

Anthea Butler, Public Theology, and Social Media

Anthea Butler, known for her work in racial justice, reminds public theologians to get with...

November 21, 2022

Thanksgiving Food Theology

Food theologian Norman Wirzba raises our consciousness: we live with animals! Brian Brosovic raises our...

November 16, 2022

Jack London 7: The Red One

Jack London's short story of 1916, "The Red One," looks uncannily like Ancient Astronaut TV...

November 15, 2022

Jack London 6: Wolf and Lamb Ethics

Novelist Jack London only hints that civilization needs wolf and lamb ethics. We would aim...

November 14, 2022

Jack London 5: Wolf Pack Ethics

Jack London's ethical naturalism cultivates an evolution-based morality. But, such an ethical naturalist must choose...

November 13, 2022

Jack London 4: Lone Wolf Ethics

In this sub-series within the larger Jack London series we are asking: given that we...

November 10, 2022

The Unhappy Consciousness Narrative

The Unhappy Consciousness Narrative of the White 'n' Woke Progressive Christian absorbs white self-loathing while...

November 10, 2022

Christian Nationalism’s Decline Narrative

There are two Christian nationalist narratives, not one. The first is the "Decline Narrative" told...

November 08, 2022

Did I lose my Mind to Science?

Our conscious mind may be a delusion, if you listen to your friendly neurocentrist. But,...

November 08, 2022

Did I lose my free will to Science?

The neuro-determinists want to steal our free will and fence it to our brains. Are...

November 07, 2022

Religious Transhumanism 15. Lutheran?

Is a distinctively Lutheran transhumanism likely? No, according to Noreen Herzfeld. Why? Because transhumanist assumptions...

November 04, 2022

Jack London 3: The Sea Wolf

Beneath the thin veneer of civilization, the preternatural wolf with all its ferocity crouches in...

November 02, 2022

Resentment with Compassion 6

To live the Christian life, we certainly need to pray that the Holy Spirit give...