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Wednesday :: December 31, 2008
Clement, Badiou, and Prometheus: On Christianity as Mediated Revolution
by Anthony D. Baker
The transition of power in a major world government poses a good opportunity for Christians to pause and consider what we truly want for the governance of our cities and nations. What are we theologically entitled to hope for as a projection of a common good? What do Christian creeds, habits, and ideals tell us about the sort of political spaces we ought to desire? The coincidence o . . .
Tuesday :: December 23, 2008
What Would Nietzsche Do?
by Christopher Benson
In the 2004 senatorial race for Illinois, Republican candidate Allen Keyes claimed, “Christ would not vote for Barack Obama, because Barack has voted to behave in a way that it is inconceivable for Christ to have behaved.”1 Keyes specifically had in mind Obama’s refusal to support a bill that would protect infants who are born . . .
Wednesday :: December 17, 2008
Naming an Ancient Affliction in a Postmodern Age: An Interview with Kathleen Norris, Part II
by Shannon Presler
Kathleen Norris is an award-winning poet, best-selling author, and widely embraced voice of faith, intelligence, and beauty. Her recently released nonfiction book Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer’s Life . . .
Tuesday :: December 9, 2008
Naming an Ancient Affliction in a Postmodern Age: An Interview with Kathleen Norris, Part I
by Shannon Presler
Kathleen Norris is an award-winning poet, best-selling author, and widely embraced voice of faith, intelligence, and beauty. Her recently released nonfiction book Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer’s Life is a deeply intimate memoir . . .
Thursday :: December 4, 2008
Why the Opposite of Liberalism Is Not Conservatism: A Book Review of 'How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative' by Roger Olson
by Allen Yeh
Occasionally I read books that trigger an “I wish I had written that!” response, books that put in writing exactly what I have been thinking. But never have I had that feeling as strongly as when I read Roger Olso . . .
- Clement, Badiou, and Prometheus: On Christianity as Mediated Revolution :: Anthony D. Baker
- Anarchist Imperatives and Fundamental Change :: Michael Van Dyke
- The Academy, the Polis, and the Resurgence of Religion: An Interview with Graham Ward :: Brandy Daniels
- Paradise Lost: Holy War and Recovering Hope for this World :: Rita Nakashima Brock
- Race, Identity, and the Darker Side of Christianity :: J. Kameron Carter
- What Would Nietzsche Do? :: Christopher Benson
- Why the Opposite of Liberalism Is Not Conservatism: A Book Review of 'How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative' by Roger Olson :: Allen Yeh
- A Review of Amy Black's 'Beyond Left and Right: Helping Christians Make Sense of American Politics' :: Matt Jenson
- A Communion of Tears: Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 and the Fellowship of Human Suffering :: Steven Wingate
- The Monk and the Hymn: Encountering Grace in the Work of Thelonious Monk :: Scott Small
- Naming an Ancient Affliction in a Postmodern Age: An Interview with Kathleen Norris, Part II :: Shannon Presler
- Naming an Ancient Affliction in a Postmodern Age: An Interview with Kathleen Norris, Part I :: Shannon Presler
- Shapelessness of Violence :: Caitlin Mackenzie
- Pure Enough :: Scott Cairns
- Blues President :: Performance Poet, Matthew Brouwer
- The Christian and the iPhone: A Primer for Black Friday :: Chris Haw
- Progress, Shame, and Silencing the Margins :: Moderator: Dwight Freisen; Panelists: Cal Uamoto, Eliacin Rosario-Cruz, Chelle Stearns, Christopher L. Heuertz
- Patriotism, Religious Loyalism, and Dissent :: Moderator: Jeff Keuss; Panelists: Eugene McCarraher and Christopher L. Heuertz
- Making a Redemptive Political Culture: An Interview with Andy Crouch :: Chris Keller and Scott Small
- A Vocation of Service: Finding Life in the 'Wrong' Places :: Christopher L. Heuertz
©2008 The Other Journal at Mars Hill Graduate School, All Rights Reserved | ISSN 1933-7957 | 
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
Knight of Faith says ::
Priscilla: I, too, celebrate a heterogenous household of faith that includes traditionalists and progressives. The crisis of the Anglican Communion, however, illustrates that neither group is willing to tolerate, let alone love, the other. Episcopali . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
Priscilla says ::
Dear Andrew, Thank you for blogging at TOJ. I don\'t know what TOJ readers think on average about homosexuality, but I am writing primarily to say, here, at least, is one reader who is happy to have gay and lesbian sisters and brothers in faith . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
Knight of Faith says ::
Mr. Pygmalion: I will not be held responsible for your disillusionment with institutional Christianity. That is your personal business. I prefer interlocutors who engage the substance of my views rather than ones who attack the man. Ad hominems do no . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
pygmalion says ::
Benson: I mean no personal offense by this, but you are the reason that I have become disillusioned with the Church to the point of atheism. You seem to be a zealous supporter of the Church\'s policy of maintaining power through subduing conflicting . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
Knight of Faith says ::
Mr. Forrest: I understand why you regard Rick Warren as an opponent because he opposes same-sex marriage, but that is only one area of discord where there is probably areas of more significant accord, such as the articles of faith affirmed in the Nic . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
andrewforrest says ::
Old fashioned, Another attempt at levity:) Call me casual. You are right in saying that in terms of offering civil rights to all men and women, regardless of sexual orientation, Rick Warren and Barack Obama are my opponents. You are also right . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
Knight of Faith says ::
Kazimir (is this a first or last name?): I hesitate to respond to your last comment because you did not care to engage the substance of what I wrote you. I would like to hear why you identify Rick Warren as the institutional church when the church is . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
Kazimir says ::
Mr. Benson, it is difficult for me to tell who is more eager to \"maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace\" here. You are quite exercised over the thought that Mr. Forrest is creating \"family\" discord with inappropriate \"nomenclatur . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
Knight of Faith says ::
Mr. Forrest: As long as you are willing to concede that you and Rick Warren belong to the same \"we\"--the household of faith--then you can adopt a more fitting nomenclature, regarding him as a brother in Christ rather than an an opponent. The discor . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
Knight of Faith says ::
Kazimir: You ask me: \"What\'s wrong with individual Christians taking sides against the church?\" In context, you are identifying Rick Warren as the institutional church. That is a peculiar identification when the church is an aggregate of individua . . .READ MORE >
Clement, Badiou, and Prometheus: On Christianity as Mediated Revolution
Void says ::
It must be really frustrating to fervently believe all the correct answers are in the past, quite tough to remember that original thought is never equal to those of the patristics in the great law of theological diminishing returns. It took a great d . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
Knight of Faith says ::
Mr. Forrest: Of course, I read the title of your blog. Initially, you expressed disapproval of Barack Obama\'s choice of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural prayer. With more reflection, you warmed up to the choice because it shows Obama\'s willingn . . .READ MORE >
Nietzsche and Voting
Knight of Faith says ::
Robert, Thank you for describing my essay as \"illuminating.\" I do not purport that Nietzsche is a crucial authority on politics in the modern world. I merely recruited his aphorism in \"Human, All Too Human\" for the purpose of reflecting theolo . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
andrewforrest says ::
With all due respect, I think you missed my point completely. In terms of which community I hold my allegiance to, it is the human race. You wrote: \"The coincidence was not lost on me when two gay men with the same first name, who both profes . . .READ MORE >
Becoming Ok With Obama's Rick Warren Choice
Knight of Faith says ::
The coincidence was not lost on me when two gay men with the same first name, who both profess to be Christian, blogged about their disapproval of Barack Obama\'s choice of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural prayer. On the December 17th entry of . . .READ MORE >