Modernity as Toolbox
The Guardian.uk’s Theo Hobson has an interesting piece on the Greenbelt religious festival in England, where modernity is more toolbox than threat.
I think that Greenbelt is part of a major religious trend that has not been very widely noted. A new style of liberal Christianity is slowly emerging. Because it is not a coherent movement [...]
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 Book Club’s selection – Diana Butler Bass’s A People’s History of Christianity. He won’t give away the ending, but it is worth a read whether you plan on reading the book or not (and you really should.)
I like it. [...]
What do creeds have to do with justice?
Peter Laarman at Religion Dispatches discusses the issue of just how important theological doctrine actually is:
I must say that I will never be comfortable around US Christians who claim to be progressive on various social issues, but who remain doctrinally rigid in respect to faith itself. Experiences teaches me that these folks will almost always [...]
Exploring Our Matrix Explores the Jesus Seminar
Prof. James McGrath of Exploring Our Matrix plumbed YouTube for some videos of biblical scholars Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan discussing the Jesus Seminar, the Pre- and Post-Easter Jesus, and the context of Jesus.
Exploring Our Matrix | Jesus Seminar Videos
Is Mainline Christianity Irrelevant?
Mainline churches have been declining for decades. Such sad news is not new. As Greeley & Hout (2006) argue, the reason for this is primarily two-fold: 1) people in “conservative” denominations are switching to mainline churches at a much reduced rate and 2) people in conservative churches tend to have more babies. On the one [...]
