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Progressive Christian

2015-03-13T16:42:56-05:00

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A Story You Should Be Following, Even If You’re Not Catholic

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm By Tony Jones

Many agree that in the Global South, liberation theology lost and prosperity theology won by the end of the 20th century. That’s tragic for a number of reasons, not least of which is that the Vatican was in large part responsible for this reality by censuring and silencing liberation theologians. It’s too early to say if this is an about-face, but it’s at least a major development that Pope Francis is meeting this week with Gustavo Gutierrez, the founder of... Read more

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2015-03-13T16:42:56-05:00

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If the Bible Is Relative, Does Any Objective Morality Exist? [Questions That Haunt]

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm By Tony Jones

Last week, we welcomed back the Questions That Haunt Christianity series with a great exchange on Tuesday and Friday. This week, we dive into to an equally vexing question about the Bible from Chris: (more…) Read more

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10 Tips for Working with a Literary Agent (Manuscript Monday)

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm By Tony Jones

As I wrote last Monday, I’ve had an agent, Kathy Helmers, for quite a while now. We’ve been through ups and downs, and I think I’ve learned some things about working with an agent, both from my time with Kathy and watching my friends with their agents. Here’s my list of 10 Tips for Working with a Literary Agent: 1. Know why you have an agent. Some of my friends have an agent because they hate the business side of... Read more

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2015-03-13T16:42:57-05:00

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Barry Taylor’s Faith (after the death of God)

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm By Tony Jones

Barry Taylor is someone I respect very much. He’s written a wonderful post about where he thinks the Christian faith is going after the death of God and the death of the self (what I would call the death of metaphysics). Here’s a taste: It would seem that the consciousness of the world has changed. Mark I. Wallace, in his book, Fragments of the Spirit, names both the ‘de-priviledging of metaphysics’ and the ‘erasure of the self’ as two significant... Read more

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2015-03-13T16:42:57-05:00

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Who the Heck is Slavoj Žižek?

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm By Tony Jones

Who is Slavoj Žižek, I ask? Peter Rollins’s father? A homeless man? The most brilliant Continental philosopher of our day? I don’t know the answer. I’ve not read more than a essay here and there by Žižek, and watched some videos of him. Surprisingly, watching him lecture and answer questions is even more confusing than reading his writing. Thankfully, Christian Thorne has written three short essays about Žižek. Here are money quote excerpts: (more…) Read more

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Law and Prayer and Sin and Homosexuality [Questions That Haunt]

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm By Tony Jones

Questions That Haunt Christianity came back with a vengeance this week. Wow. I’m especially grateful to William Birch, who asked the question, for being so engaged in the comment section — you should go read them all. William’s question was: If God hates homosexuality so much, then why won’t He deliver me from it? Many commenters took exception to the way that William posed the question. They didn’t like the “If…then…” formula, because if you reject the conditional clause at the... Read more

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2015-03-13T16:42:58-05:00

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My Treason Against the Lord Jesus

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm By Tony Jones

So it seems that Southern Baptist Denny Burk has accused me of “high-handed treason against the Lord Jesus” based on my Not All Like That Christians Project video: Despite their confident assertions to the contrary, Christianity is incompatible with homosexual behavior. The Bible is clear about this, and I won’t rehearse all the arguments here. But I do encourage readers to check out the key texts for themselves: Rom. 1:26-27; 1 Cor. 6:9-11; 1 Tim. 1:10. They are unambiguous. That... Read more

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2015-03-13T16:42:58-05:00

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Initial Thoughts on René Girard

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm By Tony Jones

In the past couple years, I read a lot about René Girard, I’ve listened to numerous interviews with him, I’m consulted the Girardian Lectionary numerous times, and I’ve had innumerable conversations regarding Girard’s thought. But only now am I diving into Girard’s writing itself. I’ve begun with I See Satan Fall Like Lightning, a book with one of the the worst covers you’ll ever see: That cover notwithstanding, Girard’s writing is airy and approachable. This book lacks scholarly footnotes, having... Read more

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Not All Christians Are Like That

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm By Tony Jones

Today, John Shore, Dan Savage, Wayne Besen, and Evan Hurst launched the Not All Like That Christians Project. Modeled after and inspired by It Gets Better, NALT is a place for Christians to tell the media and the world that the homophobic, fear-mongering Christian leaders who get the most press aren’t the only Christians out there. In fact, in my contribution to NALT, I make the claim that they aren’t even in the majority anymore. A young, open, progressive generation... Read more

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When the Lion (KKK) Lays Down the the Lamb (NAACP)

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm By Tony Jones

Here’s a small sign of the eschatological promise: (more…) Read more

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