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December 2014

December 08, 2014

New Date, Final Cover, Big News #DGKJ

After sprinting the final couple miles of a marathon, just this morning I have turned...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

No One’s Heard of Paul Ricoeur

I've spent the last week at academic conferences on religion (honestly, the annual meeting of...

November 20, 2014

What Happened to Evangelical Theology? [#ETS2014 Liveblog]

This weekend I'm attending the Evangelical Theological Society and American Academy of Religion, and I...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

Doctrine DOES Change

Over the last two weeks, Pope Francis made some courageous steps in dragging the Catholic...

October 10, 2014

New Feminist Christianity [Book Week]

This fall I'm teaching Introduction to Theology at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities....

October 09, 2014

Did You You Know that Dietrich Bonhoeffer Was a Youth Pastor? [Book Week]

Last Friday I was wandering through my old stomping grounds, the National Youth Workers Convention,...

October 07, 2014

Moltmann’s Masterpiece [Book Week]

In completing my forthcoming book, Did God Kill Jesus?, I was driven back time and time...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

You Don’t Know If God Exists…Or Doesn’t Exist

Friend of the blog and Yale philosopher Keith DeRose has a fascinating interview up at...

September 07, 2014

Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928-2014)

Wolfhart Pannenberg—In Memoriam by Philip Clayton Wolfhart Pannenberg has often been called the greatest theologian...

March 2014

March 10, 2014

Deconstruct Yourself

John Caputo is the foremost American interpreter of Jacques Derrida. He's also a friend of...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

God Is Not Eternal

Writing a book on the atonement is like peeling the layers of an onion. Everything...

January 2014

January 23, 2014

God Is Not Outside of Time

One of the things I hear assumed by Christians all the time is that God...

January 08, 2014

Arguing with Atheists

There's a very big difference between, on the one hand, making a theological, philosophical, or...

January 07, 2014

“Why Are You Still a Christian?”

That was the question asked to me yesterday by a dear friend as we drove...

December 2013

December 18, 2013

Five Honest Questions for Process Theology

This post should be properly titled, "Five Questions for Process Theologians," because you cannot actually...

December 13, 2013

God’s Uniqueness, Part One [Questions That Haunt]

This Question That Haunts Christianity series is now an occasional series, as opposed to weekly. But I'll...

December 10, 2013

Is God Unique? Is God Distinct? [Questions That Haunt]

This Question That Haunts Christianity series is now an occasional series, as opposed to weekly. But I'll...

December 02, 2013

Jürgen Moltmann Audio

Since the Emergent Village Podcast is no more, some people have asked me for the...

November 2013

November 08, 2013

Humanize the Other, because That’s the Gospel

It's long been my contention that core to the ministry of Jesus was that he...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

What Is a “Person”? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Mark, and he gets right to the point: In...

October 25, 2013

Philosophy and Theology Are Like an Old Married Couple, and They’re Not Getting Divorced [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity came from Davidson, a 15-year-old high school student: I'm not quite...

October 11, 2013

The Resurrected Jesus Did Not Go Somewhere. He Went Somewhen. [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Jason, and it's a doozy: Hello Tony, I've been...

October 10, 2013

Shit Only Matters If It’s Matter

"To speak of the resurrection of dead is at the same time to speak of...

October 10, 2013

What’s at Stake in the Resurrection?

Let's continue this conversation, shall we? Marcus Borg asked (and I answered) what's at stake...

October 09, 2013

Dear Marcus Borg: Please Reconsider the Resurrection

Marcus Borg has joined Patheos as a blogger, which I think is great. He has...

October 08, 2013

Where Did the Resurrected Jesus Go? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Jason, and I love it so, so much: Hello...

October 01, 2013

Satan Is Real, Just Ask Jesse Pinkman

ALERT: Spoilers ahead. It will take some time for those of us who watched Breaking...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Dispensationalists Are Wrong – Things Aren’t Getting Worse [Questions That Haunt]

Last Tuesday's Question That Haunts Christianity came from Jesse: I'm a regular blog reader though I've never...

September 17, 2013

What Actually Happens at Baptism? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Drew: Hi Tony, The haunting question that I want...

September 13, 2013

Slavoj Žižek and the Illusion of Religion

I'm getting audited, which I can tell you completely sucks. And I'm getting audited for...