I was reading this story from the Seattle Times (HT to Andy Crouch who is quoted in the story; and Eugene Cho) and it ends with this quote: Braun, the seminary student, said he’s not totally committed to any candidate yet. “I just keep thinking, if Jesus were alive now, […]
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My wife’s novel The Unlikely Missionary is the prize at The Dabbling Mum. You can also purchase it directly from Book Locker (download the ebook for $8.95 or you can purchase the paperback for $15.95) or you can go to Amazon.com. (And if you get one from Amazon that has […]
Tom+ has an article on the resurrection. I wonder what the special event would be to merit that. There is a curious a-f formatting of paragraphs, it is quite short, but to the point and of course wholly correct. Nicholas T. Wright: The Resurrection Revolution – On Faith at washingtonpost.com […]
An annual tradition for my wife and I (her father began it when they were children) is to play, very loudly the soundtrack from Jesus Christ Superstar. I am always moved to tears at many moments and filled with energy and joy at others. But Herod’s Song is just a […]
Discussion of GV’s latest work began on blogs yesterday. Out today (but actually dated “March 24, 2008”) Daniel J Harrington, SJ has a very professional review, “No Evidence?,” in America: The National Catholic Weekly. Obviously, as this review reveals, Vermes’ book is much more comprehensive than previous reviews and interviews […]
I should preface by saying that although Prof. Vermes had formally retired by the time I was doing graduate work at Oxford I had the great honor to attend seminars and sessions with him and to copy edit DJD vol. 26 which he wrote with Philip Alexander. I can only […]
Philip Jenkins passed this story along. It is worth reading, but best of all is the index card that goes with it. I have taken the liberty of posting it below, but all rights, etc. go to GetReligion.org. Seven sensationalist sins Posted by Mollie SevenDeadlySinsTo the 1,342 readers (give or […]
This just in! LarkNews.com ONTARIO, Calif. – Jack Chick, author of Christian tracts, made a surprise purchase of some of the world’s best-loved comic strips and is spreading the gospel in typical Chick fashion through the Sunday funnies. Garfield, Ziggy, Blondie and a dozen other strips now belong to the […]
The poll is still running (just look to the left of this page), but I wanted to let folks know that the Bible is creeping up as the central item in my intentionally limited selection in the poll. What is central to Christianity? * Belief in the substance of the […]
Ben Myers brings us this great definition of liberal theology from Richard Rorty. In an interview, Richard Rorty has offered a very memorable assessment of liberal theology: “I’m delighted that liberal theologians do their best to do what Pio Nono said shouldn’t be done – try to accommodate Christianity to […]