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2015-12-19T09:42:02-05:00

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Again the Curmudgeon Comes Out: Some Miscellaneous Complaints

Last updated on: December 19, 2015 at 9:42 am By Roger E. Olson

Okay, what’s a blog for if not once in a while using it to complain about annoying, disturbing, troubling events? I know many readers will disagree with me and think these complaints only reflect my personal pet peeves. Of course, I don’t think so. I think we should all be troubled by them, but I know well not everyone will agree. And they’re not earth-shattering events. But they illustrate trends I find troubling and problematic for our Christianity and culture.... Read more

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2015-12-17T08:17:15-05:00

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Here We Go Again: An Evangelical Controversy over Whether “Christians” and “Muslims” Worship the Same God

Last updated on: December 17, 2015 at 8:17 am By Roger E. Olson

Here We Go Again: An Evangelical Controversy over Whether “Christians” and “Muslims” Worship the Same God About one year ago I posted my response to that controversial question here. I re-post it below this lead-in paragraph. According to Christianity Today (on line article entitled “Wheaton College Suspends Hijab-Wearing Professor after ‘Same God’ Comment, December 15, 2015) evangelical Wheaton College (Illinois) has suspended, not fired, African-American, female professor Larycia Hawkins (political science) for claiming that Muslims and Christians worship the same... Read more

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2015-12-16T09:16:55-05:00

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Denomination of the Week: Brethren in Christ Church

Last updated on: December 16, 2015 at 9:16 am By Roger E. Olson

Denomination of the Week: Brethren in Christ Church Quiz question: In what small Anabaptist denomination was President Dwight Eisenhower raised? Answer: the Brethren in Christ Church. Although I will deviate from this sometimes, I prefer here to highlight as “denominations of the week” groups with which I have had some “close encounter.” Earlier this year (2015) I was invited to speak at Messiah College. The event, held on that campus, was the annual Study Conference hosted by the Sider Institute... Read more

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2015-12-14T20:59:35-05:00

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What Was All That Fuss About? A Late Review of “Wild at Heart” by John Eldredge

Last updated on: December 14, 2015 at 8:59 pm By Roger E. Olson

What Was All That Fuss About? A Late Review of Wild at Heart by John Eldredge Over the years of this blog several commenters have asked my opinion about the book Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul (Thomas Nelson, 2001) by John Eldredge. They asked because of my interest in the “decline of men” and the “wounded male psyche.” Recently here I interacted with the book Malestrom: Manhood Swept into the Currents of a Changing World... Read more

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2015-12-12T08:54:53-05:00

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Some Thoughts about Islam and the Current Controversy in U.S. Politics

Last updated on: December 12, 2015 at 8:54 am By Roger E. Olson

Some Thoughts about Islam and the Current Controversy in U.S. Politics What does it even mean to suggest that “Muslims” not be allowed to immigrate to the United States (or anywhere)? First, one has to have some relatively clear idea of what a “Muslim” is. And that requires some understanding of “Islam.” When I was a doctoral student in Religious Studies at Rice University in the 1970s Islam was controversial. The news was filled with reports of “radical Islam” rising in the... Read more

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2015-12-10T09:09:38-05:00

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Denomination of the Week: Grace Communion International

Last updated on: December 10, 2015 at 9:09 am By Roger E. Olson

Denomination of the Week: Grace Communion International (GCI) With this post I begin a new series; I hope to post one like it each week. Each post will highlight an American denomination. (This is, of course, related to my work as reviser/editor of the Handbook of Denominations in the United States beginning with the 14th edition.) The purpose of this series is not so much to express my opinions (although I will sometimes do that as here) but to educate people... Read more

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2015-12-09T08:34:22-05:00

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Miscellaneous Footnotes to Earlier Posts: Feminism, Racism, Prayer

Last updated on: December 9, 2015 at 8:34 am By Roger E. Olson

Miscellaneous Footnotes to Earlier Posts: Feminism, Racism, and Prayer I don’t care to devote entire posts to these topics because they are basically footnotes to earlier posts on these subjects. First, a couple months ago I decried the “exoneration” of the Cleveland, Ohio policeman who shot twelve year old Tamir Rice. The video is there for everyone to see. I have seen it several times myself. I don’t see how anyone can view it and not be sickened. A child... Read more

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2015-12-08T08:37:05-05:00

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Request for Help with The Handbook of Denominations

Last updated on: December 8, 2015 at 8:37 am By Roger E. Olson

Below you will see the Table of Contents of the Handbook of Denominations 13th edition and alphabetical listing of denominations included. I have omitted from the TOC groupings of denominations (mostly non-Christian) that will be omitted from the 14th edition. I have not done that with the alphabetical list; it here includes non-Christian denominations. The 14th edition, which I will edit and revise, will only include denominations rooted in Christianity (without using any standard of orthodoxy). These are being posted here with... Read more

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2015-12-05T08:59:50-05:00

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A New Research Project: Editing/Revising the “Handbook of Denominations in the United States”

Last updated on: December 5, 2015 at 8:59 am By Roger E. Olson

A New Research Project: Editing/Revising the Handbook of Denominations in the United States Many years ago I began collecting and reading editions of Abingdon Press’s Handbook of Denominations in the United States edited then by Frank S. Mead. I think the first edition I perused, probably in my father’s library, was the 1965 New Fourth Edition. Since then Abingdon has published eight new editions edited in succession by Mead, Samuel Hill, and Craig Atwood. The most recent edition is the... Read more

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2015-12-04T08:12:49-05:00

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And then Again…Clarifications about “Christian Reconstructionism” and the “Prosperity Gospel”

Last updated on: December 4, 2015 at 8:12 am By Roger E. Olson

And then Again…Clarifications about “Christian Reconstructionism” and the “Prosperity Gospel” This is a footnote or addendum to yesterday’s post entitled “A Call for American Evangelical Leaders to Confront Evangelicalism’s Lunatic Fringe” (December 3, 2015). Whenever I mention a movement or type critically someone responds—either by direct, personal e-mail or here, in a posted comment,—accusing me of being “uncharitable.” Often they mean—to them or their organization. Sometimes they just think being critical is uncharitable. Yesterday, after that critical call for evangelical... Read more

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