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Church and Capitalism 21 May 2011 | 01:15 am
This is an excerpt from H. Richard Niebuhr's essay "Toward the Independence of the Church" that I think can be a prophetic voice for the Church today. The church is in bondage to capitalism. Capitali...
"The Semon on the Mount of Intrareligious Dialogue" à la Raimon Panikkar 21 Mar 2011 | 06:13 am
When you enter into an intrareligious dialogue, do not think beforehand what you have to believe. When you witness to your faith, do not defend yourself or your vested interests, sacred as they may a...
Who is Pilate? 12 Mar 2011 | 08:29 pm
The account of Pontius Pilate, Roman governor in Judea, in the canonical Gospels is very short. The impression that we get from the Gospels is that Pilate was a weak leader and frightened by the the d...
Martin Luther's Word of Advice to Preachers 12 Feb 2011 | 08:41 pm
In a record of his table-talk, Martin Luther said this strong statement about the role of a preacher related to his message and his audience. Cursed are all preachers that in the church aim at high a...
A Conversational Approach to Theology 20 Jan 2011 | 08:38 am
After picking up some textbooks for this semester yesterday, I began to read Clark M. Williamson's A Guest in the House of Israel: Post-Holocaust Church Theology for Reading the Bible after the Shoah ...
Rabbinic Judaism 15 Jan 2011 | 08:10 am
In order to understand the relationship between Judaism as a nation and a religion in the rabbinic period, we need to understand the background of the formation of the rabbinic tradition. Let us exami...
Happy New Year!! 1 Jan 2011 | 05:51 am
We just want to wish everyone a happy New Year! There will be a great transition that my wife and I as a family have to go through next year, but we will do our best, fully trust in God, and move forw...
Oedipus the King 28 Dec 2010 | 09:57 pm
After reading this play, I felt extremely disappointed, frustrated, and could not believe what I just read. There is nothing a man can do to change one’s fate. Fate is always final. There is no negoti...
Bacchae and Christianity 3 Nov 2010 | 05:43 pm
Bacchae is basically a story about Dionysus and his action to reveal his divinity to Pentheus, king of Thebes. Dionysus said, “…I shall prove to him [Pentheus] and every man in Thebes that I am God in...
Theology of Religions by Gavin D’Costa 31 Oct 2010 | 06:27 am
Gavin D’Costa's suggestion that we need to move beyond the old debate between exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism is well-taken. I'm just wondering about how he relates his 'universal' soteriology...
