William T. Cavanaugh’s seminal 1995 essay “A Fire Strong Enough to Consume the House: The Wars of Religion and the Rise of the State” seeks to dismantle the myth of the modern secular state as the peacemaker who stepped onto the scene a few hundred years ago to quell religious violence. Instead, Cavanaugh argues, the […]
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He is risen indeed.
About this great mystery, I have not much to say. As I said yesterday, I hesitate to rush too quickly out of Holy Saturday and into Easter Sunday. But if Christ be risen, the whole world has changed and is changing.
For those who struggle with belief in Resurrection on a more intellectual level, I […]
I’m increasingly convinced that so much theology out there majors on minors. That is to say, I think that a predominant theological tendency (from my very limited vantage point) is to elevate doctrines of little ultimate consequence to the centre of attention, while neglecting those which really give Christianity its distinctive, problematic flavour.
Dogmatisms of both left […]
There are many things in following Jesus that defy explanation. The Resurrection of Jesus is one of those very things. I believe in the Resurrection because I have faith in Jesus. I have faith in Jesus because he met me; became real to me and turned my life upside down (or right side up?).
In some strange […]
This is truly the best news that the world could hope for. I wish I lived more like I believed it.
After the Sabbath, as the first light of the new week dawned, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to keep vigil at the tomb. Suddenly the earth reeled and rocked under their feet as God’s […]
Are you still there? Jaclyn told me on my last post that the second somebody read the word “doctrine” they’d run away screaming. Madly. Sounds like fun!
Anyways, when our housegroup started meeting in fall, I made noises about wanting to talk about doctrines and how they actually affect life. Stuff like: the cross, the resurrection, the […]
