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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So Obama got a ton of flack for asking Rick Warren to pray at his inauguration.  The firestorm from it led Rick Warren to end up in the news, discussing how his presence does not mean their beliefs are completely the same and other nice level-headed moderate religious and political statements.  Now the public hears [...]

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This week the new Homebrewed Christianity season and website will be revealed. I know all the Homebrewed Christianity Listeners (aka our Deacons) are excited, but sometimes it is hard communicate just how much hype we can bring. Well the undefeated Wake Forest University Basketball team beat the one loss - but for some [...]

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Pope Benedict XVI may not be Leo the Great, but in his Epiphany sermon the current Pope addresses some very important issues.  The Pope draws attention to a number of pressing ethical issues on the horizon, namely the ecological crisis, the financial meltdown, and the waring conflict of religions.  If these issues aren’t in [...]

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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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I have been thinking a bit about what I should do with the blog in 2009. I had a bunch of ideas but decided that I would pick a few things and try to post on them 20 times during the year. Who knows how this will work out, but in my head [...]

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One of my assignments before PhD classes start up in a couple weeks is to figure out where Alecia and I’s retirement money from church is going to go.  I have been looking around the internet and reading articles on just what choices we have to make and such, but the tenor of most ‘investment’ [...]

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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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Albums
5. Jon Foreman: Limbs And Branches
4. Ryan Adams: Cardinology
3. Black Crowes: Warpaint
2. Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs
1. Counting Crows: Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Theology Books (by subject)
Divine Action
Religion\Science
Christology
General Audience Theology
Historical Jesus
Paul

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