Bible Study
Our First Emergent Bible Study – The Epistle of James
September 28, 2009 · 1 Comment
Our first movement into ‘Emergent’ Bible study begins with the Epistle of James. There’s a number of reasons that James is a good place to start, but let me share just a few of them. First, for those churches who use (or a variant of) the Revised Common Lectionary, James is making his triennial visit and so the words of James have been heard recently, and perhaps even discussed in our own churches and communities. Secondly, James does not get much discussion and indeed, has almost always been an uncomfortable text for Christians – this alone would warrant a conversation... [Read the full story]
Book Club
Our Next Book Selection – Diana Butler Bass’ A People’s History of Christianity
August 30, 2009 · 5 Comments
The Theology Book Club’s third pick is Diana Butler Bass’ A People’s History of Christianity (ISBN: 0061448702). We will be meeting Thursday, September 10th at 8:30 PM(EST). From Diana’s site: In the same spirit as Howard Zinn’s groundbreaking work The People’s History of the United States, Diana Butler Bass reveals the under-reported movements, personalities, and spiritual practices that continue to inform and ignite contemporary Christian worship, activism, and social justice reforms in the name of Jesus. The book will offer up a much-needed “other side... [Read the full story]
Discernment
Living as an Ignatian Christian
Celebrating the completion of the Ignatian Exercises, Spring 2009 by Maria Anderson This post has been in the making for months, and I have been dragging my feet. Today it became apparent to me WHY it has been so hard to write this: Ignatian Christianity is NOT about learning something new in your head. I cannot...
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Like many online endeavors, Emergent Outliers is regretfully at the mercy of the sliding priorities of life in a way that most of the things we do in ‘real life’ are not. As such we have our seasons for and against and times of change and regrowth. The past month has been a month of decline, but I believe...
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The Moral Failure of the New Atheists
The “New Atheists” are often compared to the fundamentalists** they rail against, by both religious and secular critics. These criticisms are often rebuked by some sort of argument based on empiricism or rationality, quite removing the real indictment that is being made and the moral failure the New Atheists*...
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Why I am Emergent
When I’m with Emergent types, I often get asked “Why are you Episcopalian” which I have many answers (including this one I gave to Bruce Reyes-Chow) to and most respect. But when I’m with Episcopalians I often get a turned up eye and a weird look when I say I’m interested in the Emerging...
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U.S. Religion: Post-secular, More Secular, Post-christian?
In an Emergent Outliers discussion a few weeks ago the question came up as to whether the US is becoming more secular, is post-secular, post-Christian, or just post-denominational. Tough set of words to sort out. So much of what one will define the religious situation depends on one’s religious lifeworld. It...
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The Conversation
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An Interview with Walter Brueggemann
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Book of the Moment
In anticipation of our next book club meeting (10/22, 8PM EST) over Terry Eagleton’s...
So last Thursday didn’t work out well for anyone, so let’s try again...
Blake Huggins Reviews ‘A People’s History of Christianity’
Blake Huggins has gotten a a head start in reading and thinking about our next Theology...
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We’ve collected a few more resources regarding Caputo and thought we’d...
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