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2024-02-25T07:17:40-05:00

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The Political Meaning of Christianity: Chapter One (1)

Last updated on: February 25, 2024 at 7:17 am By Roger E. Olson

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The Political Meaning of Christianity: Chapter One (1) Today I will comment on Chapter One, “The Exaltation of the Individual,” the first two parts: “Christian Love” and “The Exalted Individual.” Feel free to comment if you have read these pages (19-35); if you have not read them, feel free to ask a question. Author Glenn Tinder begins with “The prophetic attitude that defines the Christian view of politics is incomprehensible apart from the Christian concept of love.” (19) Here he... Read more

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2024-02-23T07:38:36-05:00

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Christian Nationalism as Folk Religion

Last updated on: February 23, 2024 at 7:38 am By Roger E. Olson

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Christian Nationalism as Folk Religion One of the most influential articles I read was by sociologist of religion Robert Ellwood, who I got to know personally later. It was about Christianity’s “down-home turn.” Right now I don’t remember where it was published, but I cut out the article and kept it in my files. It spurred me to write my book Questions to All Your Answers: The Journey from Folk Religion to Examined Faith. According to Ellwood, folk religion is... Read more

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2024-02-20T17:30:49-05:00

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Questions for Theology Nerds

Last updated on: February 20, 2024 at 5:30 pm By Roger E. Olson

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Questions for Theology Nerds Who is a “theology nerd?” Well, I’m one. We theology nerds love theology. We eat, sleep and breath theology. Why? Well, each of us has a different reason. Mine is probably my family and the church I grew up in. They had no theology. They had doctrines, but no theology. Theology is the study of doctrines. From an early age I asked questions such as “Why do we believe that?” Such questions were not very welcome,... Read more

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2024-02-19T08:31:31-05:00

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My Story of Being “Cancelled”

Last updated on: February 19, 2024 at 8:31 am By Roger E. Olson

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My Story of Being “Cancelled” Don’t misunderstand. I’m telling this story to explain why I think the word “inerrancy” is misleading, especially when conservative American evangelicals use it as a kind of litmus test for who’s “in” and who’s “out” of their club. I’m going to omit names here; some of you may be able to guess who some of the players were. Some years ago I received a phone call from the president of the Evangelical Theological Society who... Read more

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2024-02-17T12:43:59-05:00

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A Third Testament? Malcolm Muggeridge on Youtube

Last updated on: February 17, 2024 at 12:43 pm By Roger E. Olson

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A Third Testament? Malcolm Muggeridge on Youtube Who was Malcolm Muggeridge? He was a secular journalist, editor of the British satire magazine “Punch,” who became a devout Catholic Christian and prophet to “modern Western man.” One thing that made him famous was the television series “A Third Testament” in which he featured Augustine, Pascal, Kierkegaard, Bonhoeffer, Blake, and others of his heroes. I used to show some of these episodes on VHS tapes to students—especially Augustine, Kierkegaard and Bonhoeffer. I... Read more

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2024-02-15T17:15:17-05:00

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The Political Meaning of Christianity: Preface/Prologue

Last updated on: February 15, 2024 at 5:15 pm By Roger E. Olson

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The Political Meaning of Christianity: Preface and Prologue Some of us here are reading and discussing together a book entitled The Political Meaning of Christianity by political scientist Glenn Tinder (HarperSanFrancisco1991). The purpose is to discern Tinder’s recommendation to us American Christians in this time and place (America in 2024). A question for discussion, throughout this collective reading and discussion, is whether our present circumstances would change what Tinder calls “the prophetic stance”—his own Christian perspective on the timeless and... Read more

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2024-02-13T09:03:41-05:00

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What Does “Evangelical” Really Mean?

Last updated on: February 13, 2024 at 9:03 am By Roger E. Olson

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What Does “Evangelical” Really Mean? According to Rachel Maddow and others on MSNBC (an American news outlet), “evangelical” designates a “political faction” and a “voting block.” See on Youtube “What evangelical really means in the Trump era.” Is this true? I hope not. And I would like to send Maddow and others at MSNBC a message from a leading evangelical influencer—me. I won’t go over my credentials here, now, as you can look them up if you want to. I... Read more

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2024-02-10T09:05:36-05:00

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But Is It Worth It? A Question to Christian Trumpists

Last updated on: February 10, 2024 at 9:05 am By Roger E. Olson

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But Is It Worth It? A Question to Christian Trumpist By Christian “Trumpists” here I mean simply Christians who support Trump for President regardless of his obvious moral and character failures. I recently watched and listened to a MSNBC segment featuring journalist and commentator Lawrence O’Donnell. It’s on Youtube. There he says he has interviewed numerous Trump supporters, including Christians (I assume), who acknowledge that Trump’s very serious character flaws but say they will support him no matter what. Why?... Read more

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2024-02-07T08:23:59-05:00

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Are American Evangelicals Gullible?

Last updated on: February 7, 2024 at 8:23 am By Roger E. Olson

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Are American Evangelicals Gullible? This question has been bothering me for decades. And for what I consider good reasons. But first let me be clear about this: By no means would I ever believe that evangelicals are necessarily or always or only more gullible than anyone else. What I am asking is if American evangelicals TEND to be too gullible for their own or anyone else’s good? Should they be taught to be more critical in their thinking? As I... Read more

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2024-02-06T11:35:02-05:00

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The Political Meaning of Christianity

Last updated on: February 6, 2024 at 11:35 am By Roger E. Olson

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A New Book Discussion Here: The Political Meaning of Christianity I have gone back and forth thinking about how to do this as the book, The Meaning of Christianity, is out of print except for a rather expensive re-print by Wipf & Stock. It is available used (many copies) and at ARCHIVE.ORG (but only borrowable for 14 days). And an article, based on the book, entitled “Can We Be Good Without God? On the Political Meaning of Christianity” is available... Read more

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