theology
Conferences in Politics and Theology
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008There are two conferences coming up which look exciting:
The 2008 Conference on the Bible and Justice
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/bibs/bibleandjustice
29 May – 1 June, 2008
University of Sheffield
The 2008 Conference on Bible and Justice will bring together scholars from around the world to explore how the ancient texts of the Bible can play an active role in addressing twenty-first century [...]
Bakunin and Berdyeav Resources
Monday, September 24th, 2007Here are some articles I found useful in writing about Bakunin & Berdyeav. I wrote a paper called
Slaver or Saviour?: Bakunin and Berdyaev on God and Freedom for my theology degree.
The Socialist Tradition from Moses to Lenin by Alexander Gray (London: Longmans, 1946). See Chapter 13.
A History of Russian Philosophy From the Tenth Through [...]
War and the Gospel
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007In cleaning out some papers I came across this great quote from Jean Lasserre from his War and the Gospel (page 179). I originally found it in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. It remains as relevant today as then, and when it was written in 1962.
I absolutely agree with the commentary on the sixth [...]
Recent Reads
Friday, June 8th, 2007I finished two short books in the last few days.
Body Politics by John Howard Yoder is a brief, yet powerful study of five practices (he’d like to call them all sacraments) that the church has which have political import: baptism, Eucharist, dispute resolution, decision-making and the multiplicity of gifts. It’s good stuff and it’s easy [...]
Public Theology’s Kairos Moment
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007Today I discovered that the International Journal of Public Theology started publication earlier this year. The first issue is available online for free.
The chair of the editorial board, and writer of the first article, is Rev Dr Will Storrar, formerly of Edinburgh, and now at CTI, Princeton. He is also the initiator of the Global [...]
Where is the Spirit?
Monday, May 28th, 2007I’m on the Presbyterian Church’s environmental taskforce, which has the role to address environmental issues and how the Church can respond at both the Assembly and parish levels. To contribute to that end I’m reengaging with some eco-theological literature.
First on the list is Dorothee Sölle’s To Work and To Love: A Theology of Creation. It [...]
Myth of a Christian Nation
Monday, May 28th, 2007I have just finished reading The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church. It was an easy read for non-fiction, but makes important theological points regarding the alignment of American Christianity and American society. The author, Greg Boyd, makes the point that, as Christians, we should be [...]
New Chair in Theology at Otago
Friday, May 18th, 2007I missed the news in the venerable ODT, but caught up today through the Otago Bulletin that the University of Otago has succeeded in raising the money they need to establish a Chair and Centre for Theology and Public Issues Centre. The Bulletin reports:
New Zealand’s first research centre tackling social issues such as poverty, social [...]
Lay Theologians
Friday, May 11th, 2007Last night I went to the first Presbyterian Research Network meeting. Rev Dr Susan Jones gave a talk about theological training in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. She discussed the idea that theological training in the university is disjointed from personal formation for ministry. The alternative, of having theological training solely in seminaries, [...]