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December 2015

December 07, 2015

Why do Protestants Undervalue Mary?

It's no secret that Protestants gives much less attention to Mary, the mother of Jesus,...

December 04, 2015

Ernest Becker on the Logic of Killing Others

This semester I've been teaching a course called, Death, Evil, and Alienation here at United...

December 02, 2015

What Mary’s Magnificat Says About Poor, Single, Women

I'm guessing that when most pastors preach about Mary, the mother of Jesus, they don't...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Advent, the Absence of God, and the Unburied Bones of Rwanda

The first task of theology is to address the very possibility of theologizing about silence...

November 25, 2015

Will Black Lives Matter in Minneapolis?

In the months following Ferguson, several commentators predicted that Minneapolis would become the next city...

November 23, 2015

Kierkegaard, the Neighbor, and the Refugee Crisis

I'm in Atlanta, enjoying the national American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature...

November 22, 2015

Mark Strauss’ “Bad, Bad Jesus”

This post is a contribution to Patheos' book club discussion on Mark Strauss's Jesus Behaving...

November 19, 2015

Is Deconversion the Result of Rationalism or Emotions (or Both)?

Steven Davis, a Christian theology and apologetics professor, recently deconverted from Christianity and theism to...

November 18, 2015

Why We Can Never Cease Speaking of Bodies (M. Shawn Copeland)

In Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being, M. Shawn Copeland has a hard-hitting, critical word...

November 17, 2015

God Couldn’t Stop the Terrorist Attacks in Paris, Tom Oord Says

It's become fashionable in academic theology circles to refuse to speculate on God's role in...

November 16, 2015

“Love Your Enemies.” Seriously?

This Sunday, my church small group just happened to be studying a familiar passage in...

November 14, 2015

After Paris Attacks, Wrestling with the Bible’s Violence

Pete Enns reflects today on the problem of violence in the Bible in light of...

November 12, 2015

Did God Really Say, “Show Them No Mercy”? God, Genocide, and the Bible

Recently I raised the tough problem of violence in the Bible. The Bible includes...

November 10, 2015

Seven Images of God’s Disturbing Behavior in the Old Testament

Have you ever wondered what to do with all those nasty passages in the Bible...

November 08, 2015

“Show Them No Mercy” God Says?

Have you ever read the following passage and wondered what to do with it? When...

November 06, 2015

Losing God: From Christian Apologetics Professor to Skeptical Atheist

Yesterday I reflected on the most recent Pew Forum results which show yet another increase...

November 04, 2015

The Future of Christianity and the “Nones”: Still Rising, Still Spiritual, More Secular

Secularism is definitely on the rise. What will this mean for Christianity? Yesterday, the Pew...

November 03, 2015

Tom Oord’s New Book is Coming: The Uncontrolling Love of God

I've been looking forward to Thomas Jay Oord's book, The Uncontrolling Love of God: An...

November 02, 2015

An Argument for the Bible as “Love Letter From God”

Last week, James McGrath, over at Exploring Our Matrix, posted this meme : I enjoy...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Haunted by Caputo (and the “Specter”)

Awhile ago I had the privilege of contributing to a unique book project. The book,...

October 28, 2015

James Cone on the Cross and Resurrection as Transforming Power

When I read James Cone's God of the Oppressed eight or nine years ago, the...

October 27, 2015

Dear Pastor: Don’t Peddle Certainty, Offer Passion Instead

If pastors take the advice of Jason K. Allen, a Southern Baptist Seminary president, they...

October 26, 2015

Does Market Capitalism Alleviate Poverty? (A View from Christian Ethics)

Toward the end of Willis Jenkins' book, The Future of Ethics, he has a gem...

October 23, 2015

Gustavo Gutierrez: Salvation is Universal, Tangible, and Trans-National

Gustavo Gutierrez is known as the father or founder of liberation theology. A Peruvian priest...

October 22, 2015

Why Does Road Rage Happen? (Scientifically Speaking)

Albuquerque Police are reporting that a man named Tony Torrez, 32, has confessed to the...

October 21, 2015

The Evangelical Shift on Death Penalty is a Good Sign

The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) by no means speaks authoritatively for all evangelicals. No...

October 20, 2015

For the Ecological Crisis, it’s All (Moral) Hands on Deck

Despite the many who still deny the reality of climate change and who undermine the...

October 19, 2015

To Explain the Trump Appeal, We May Have to Drill Deep into the Human Psyche

Lot's of folks have analyzed, dissected, and speculated on the appeal of Donald Trump. We...

October 15, 2015

Where is the Love, Dr. Mohler?

Al Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and still the most prominent of...

October 14, 2015

“Riding the Moral Elephant”: Can Moral Psychology Save Us?

My review of Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics...

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