I got a call the other day from a college student who asked me "how would you define theology?" I said that it can be thought of as Four things: God Talk: the most basic thing it to look at the etymology (theo- logy). Faith Seeking Understanding: Anselm's famous dictum is still many's … Read more about What is Theology?
Mutants and Mystics with Jeffery Kripal: HBC episode 134
Whose ready for some mystical, mutant, comic book, and science fiction fun? I know I am! Prof. Jeffery Kripal joins the podcast this week to philosophize about his love for the paranormal and mystical part of human experience. In doing so he turns to the wonderful world of comic books and … Read more about Mutants and Mystics with Jeffery Kripal: HBC episode 134
Clarifying the Quadrilateral
a quick follow up to the post earlier this week I wanted to thank everyone who gave feedback on the Four Locations of Theology in the 21st century post from earlier this week. I appreciate the comments here, on facebook, and the emails. It has given me a lot to think about and I wanted to clarify … Read more about Clarifying the Quadrilateral
Theology Nerds Are Sexy…the shirt
Some would call it luck and others providence but the other day I saw a guy at the local coffee shop wearing a shirt that said "nerds are sexy" and I said to myself, "who wants to stay up all night talking computer code?" All nerds aren't sexy but theology nerds are! Just then I received an email … Read more about Theology Nerds Are Sexy…the shirt
TNT: Prayer and Process reaction
In this half-hour, Tripp and Bo chat about last week's: podcast with Dr. John Cobb Calvin blog with Rachel Held Evans Granny blog with Kurt Willems Paul Capetz on Calvin Tony Jones blog on Prayer It is a wild and woolly 30 minutes as they prepare for the 2012 Emergent Village … Read more about TNT: Prayer and Process reaction
Rachel Responses
Our friend Rachel Held Evans (podcast with her is here) posted a blog by our own Tripp Fuller that got an amazing response (287 comments at this posting). Tripp responded all day Friday, I did quick responses Saturday and Sunday night. I thought it would it would be fun to post them all here as a … Read more about Rachel Responses
Talking to Tebow’s God
I have held off as long as I could but I think we better talk about this now before it goes any further. Tim Tebow is a phenomenon is the media these days. His Denver Broncos football team is on a 6 game winning streak and he is 7-1 as their starting Quaterback. Despite his apparent limitations … Read more about Talking to Tebow’s God
Systematics and Activism: A Response to a Missed Meeting
While it has been some time since I have blogged, I plan to make up for this fact soon. I have been in the process of editing some videos from a class that I'm currently teaching called Philosophy of Human Nature. I'll post these on Homebrewed soon, and I sincerely hope that they'll be of some use … Read more about Systematics and Activism: A Response to a Missed Meeting
TNT: Hauerwas and the Evangelicals
Theology Nerd Throwdown! This is part 3/3 for Tripp and Bo sitting down to chat about the terms Evangelical, Progressive, Emergent and Liberal. A number of authors come up. Here is a handy list of the books that get mentioned and any relevant Homebrewed podcast they appeared in. Stanley … Read more about TNT: Hauerwas and the Evangelicals
Gladly Keeping Separate Paths: A Response to Deacon Bo and Brandon Morgan
I have just finished reading Deacon Bo’s great post—a response to Brandon Morgan, who guest wrote on Roger Olson’s blog. In this blog, Deacon Bo asked, in the true spirit of dialogue, for Brandon Morgan to engage with him in a conversation over a series of questions to that Morgan himself asked on … Read more about Gladly Keeping Separate Paths: A Response to Deacon Bo and Brandon Morgan
The Good Samaritans of Alabama
The New York Times just published a storyabout a cadre of Bishops in Alabama suing the state over the passage of a new and tough immigration law. They (rightly) claim that this law is so ambiguously written that it could disallow them the right to act toward immigrants as they claim Christians are … Read more about The Good Samaritans of Alabama
Update: Categories Clarification
Last week I posted that Progressive is not Liberal and also on the term Evangelical. Both got good response. It was part of a bigger conversation that his happening at several nodes around the interwebs. Here is a rundown of some of them. Carol Howard Merritt from Tribal Church.org did a god job … Read more about Update: Categories Clarification