Reimaging Xianity in the wake of Modernism's passing
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The Boast of the Lord of the Host
about 2 months ago - No comments
Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.
Deu 4:34 NLT
Israel, you just got [...]
Of what use are legendary accounts?
about 3 months ago - No comments
The purpose of this post series is to analyze the Acts of Thomas by looking for how the Thomasine community[1] constructed and negotiated their hidden transcript. Today I want to talk about the historical value of apocryphal narratives.
In this post series, it will be important to keep in mind the nature of our primary source, [...]
Thecla – one of the most important women in Christianity
about 4 months ago - No comments
Only three nights from Tarsus, in Isauria, is the martyr shrine of Saint Thecla. Since it was so close we were pleased to travel there… Around the holy church there is a tremendous number of cells for men and women… There are a great many cells on that hill, and in the middle a great [...]
Best Noncanonical Early Christian Readings? (Help Wanted)
about 4 months ago - 1 comment
I am in the middle of writing the first week of Christianity for my online Living Religions class. I want the students to have a sampling of extra-canonical Christian literature. I am like a kid in a candy story, bursting from one text to the next, and not able to make a decision. All them [...]
Beings in the World
about 5 months ago - No comments
“Heidegger contends that the human being is not primarily a thinking self, a subject that engages in cognitive acts; rather, we are above all else beings-in-the-world, enmeshed in social networks.”[1]Notes:
A Primer on Postmodernism (Stanley J. Grenz) – Highlight Loc. 1602-3 [↩]Scridb filter
