Reimaging Xianity in the wake of Modernism's passing
PETA and the Angels
Go and read JR’s second post concerning PETA’s latest ad campaign. PETA’s Sexy Beasts Pt 2 (of 4): Like a Virgin…
Here is a taste:
Because we do not have access to any sort of transcendent religious reality, these ads are free to reinterpret ‘spiritual’ to mean whatever they want, using whatever religious symbols they choose. Whether intentionally or not (and I think PETA’s way too smart to do anything unintentionally), these ads appropriate cherished Christian symbols and subvert their meaning, thereby communicating a message that is consistent not with the Gospel, but with a modernist worldview.
Take up and eat ;).
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On Creating New Behaviors Through New Vocabularies
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A while ago, I talked about the trouble that comes with attacking existing systems of thought and behavior. Today, I give you the remedy, courtesy of Rorty.
Interesting philosophy is rarely an examination of the pros and cons of a thesis. Usually, it is, implicitly or explicitly, a contest between an entrenched vocabulary which has become [...]
The Truth is not out there (Sorry X-Files Fans)
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Truth cannot be out there — cannot exist independently of the human mind — because sentences cannot so exist, or be out there. – Rorty.
Here, he takes on the notion of truth as a 1:1 correspondence with the world. Instead of talking about the correspondence of sentences to the world, the best test for the Correspondence theory of truth is to compare competing vocabularies. When you do that, things get much harder.
Read the full quote, and then join me in talking about its ramifications.
Guilty fabergé eggs
about 1 month ago - 5 comments
I take it as a mark of godliness that my immediate Christian community is able to follow God’s command to be stewards of this Earth and we are beginning to be conscious of and find ways to evangelize without resorting to making asses out of ourselves and our Lord. And we do this while not merely inverting the fundamentalist/reformed paradigms. We still value just as much the seeking of Christ and faith in him for the acceptance of the forgiveness of sin. We still see the Bible as the only God-Stamped revelation. But, there is one thing we still lack…
Summer Reading: Eve’s Revenge
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Eve’s Revenge by Lilian Calles Barger
I’ve mentioned this book a few times around here. I am slowly but surely working my way through it. It is one of those rare gems. Rarely is there a book that takes modern feminist theory, a good Christian view of sexuality, complex philosophical argumentation, layman’s writing. I cannot recommend [...]
Of what use are legendary accounts?
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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, [...]
The Modern, Post-Enlightenment Mind
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The Modern, Post-Enlightenment mind assumes that knowledge is certain, objective, and good. It presupposes that the rational, dispassionate self can obtain such knowledge. It presupposes that the knowing self peers at the mechanistic world as a neutral observer armed with the scientific method.
The modern knower engages in the knowing process and believing that knowledge [...]
Question of the Day: How much leeway should Seminary and Bible College Profs Get?
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Limits. Lines. Boundaries.
We need them. When they aren’t to our liking, we whine, scratch, demolish, prophesize. When they are to our liking, we defend, trumpet, repair, denounce.
The resignation of Walkte at RTS highlights the issue of theological boundaries within Christian Academic Institutions.
On the one hand, I think that Xian theologians and academics should be [...]
