In a couple of recent surveys of American religion some not so radical conclusions were drawn.  Wow, Americans like to come up with their own religious ideas! Some Christian people in America have internalized social individualism into their personal theology.  I am not sure how surprising this is or exactly how recent this is.  It [...]

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In “Religion in the Making” Whitehead defines Religion as “world-loyalty.”  There is a good deal more in the book to discuss at a later date (like after I get a new copy of it because all the pages fell out today!), but there is something important here.
Why? One could assume that Religion is, or at [...]

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What do you get if Deacon Parker of Pop Theology and Marjorie Suchocki of the Whitehead International Film Festival talk film and theology?  A great conversation!  I hope you enjoy this final episode of Homebrewed Christianity Season 1.  If you live in SoCal you should think about joining Marjorie, Ryan, and myself at WIFF in [...]

 

 Marjorie Suchocki discusses Sin, Salvation, and Creative Transformation in Film: Homebrewed Christianity ep.39 [47:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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John Cobb joins us this week for a fun and fascinating conversation on the incarnation, Christology, consumerism, philosophy, and advent.  Cobb is one of the premier theologians of the 20th century with interests ranging from Christology to sustainable economies.  He is the most noted voice in Process theology and is invested in articulating a [...]

 

 John Cobb on the Incarnation and its Theological Predicaments: Homebrewed Christianity ep. 38 [42:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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The Whitehead International Film Festival is coming up in January and since I actually live in California I will be able to go this year. It is unique in that it combines the power of film with group theological reflection. Marjorie Suchocki lectured on the Gospel of John and led a theological discussion [...]

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The HBC Advent Podcast series keeps picking up more steam by the episode.  This week is the first of two podcasts that focus on the theological background of Advent, namely the Incarnation.  LeRon Shults is hopefully a familiar name to all those in the blog-o-sphere, because he regularly reveals goodness on the net.  In this [...]

 

 Evolutionary Biology and the Incarnation with LeRon Shults: Homebrewed Christianity ep.37 [44:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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A friend is working on a paper on Pannenberg’s Christology and so I ended up rereading Pannenberg’s first Christology to prepare for a skype-cigar conversation. In this book Pannenberg marks his path between Bultmann and Barth and reframes Christology or the 20th century. This book is my favorite Christology (or at least in [...]

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Craig Atwood is back with all the fire the flaming heretic can bring.  This Friday, October 31st, is indeed Reformation Day and I can think of no better way to celebrate it than listening to the Luther story on this podcast while you celebrate the new life the Reformation brought into the church.  If [...]

 

 The Luther Story on The Reformation Day Podcast with Prof Craig Atwood: Homebrewed Christianity ep.30 [68:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Ed Cyzewski is not only cool because he is a Baptimergent, but he has done something many people will benefit from - namely he wrote a great book for a wide audience. His new book “Coffeehouse Theology: Reflecting on God in Everyday Life” is actually readable for people without graduate degrees in theology.  Now, [...]

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This is again a quote from Moltmann’s “The Spirit of Life.”  The distinction between freedom ‘from’ and freedom ‘for’ something is important for Christians to recognize or else the freedom we have in God may amount to a transaction or a spiritual enlightenment and not being freed to join the God Movement in our God’s [...]

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