“The H. Clearly Stands for Hussein”: Jesus H. Christ, Theological Honesty, and Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report always makes me laugh uproariously, but a recent segment made my heart sing as well. Its title was “Jesus was a Liberal Democrat,” and it made me happy for a number of reasons. First, of course, it’s hilarious. Secondly, though, it makes an argument that as both a religious and a political [...]
Transformation and Religiously Pluralistic Identity
There is a famous anecdote from the Taoist philosopher Chung Tzu that goes something like this (translation plucked from an online rendering of the larger work it is taken from): “Once I, Chuang Tzu, dreamed I was a butterfly and was happy as a butterfly. I was conscious that I was quite pleased with myself, [...]
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Celie Katovitch, 22, is a first year Master of Divinity Student at Harvard Divinity School, where she is preparing for ordination as a parish minister in the Unitarian Universalist tradition. She is originally from Syracuse, New York.
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Contributing Scholars
Robyn Henderson-EspinozaSelf-identified as a Christian Agnostic and QueerMestizo (of Mexican & Anglo heritage), Robyn is a Ph.D Student at the University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO focussing on Social Ethics with an primary interest in ethics in the US Borderlands. Robyn uses queer theories, Critical Chican@ Studies, and queer epistemologies to consider Ethics.
Congregational Resource GuideThe Congregational Resource Guide (CRG) is a project of the Alban Institute. The abundance of resources available for congregations and their leaders can be overwhelming. The CRG is constantly sifting and mining these materials for those that demonstrate a high likelihood for usefulness in congregational life. With the assistance of our affiliate organization, the Indianapolis Center for Congregations in Indiana, the staff of the Alban Institute, and our board of advisors, we strive to point leaders to those materials that can assist them in aiding their congregation's efforts to become healthy bodies of worship and agents of transformation in the communities they exist.
Andrew TwitonAndrew Twiton is the pastoral intern at Lutheran Church of Christ the Redeemer in Minneapolis and a Master of Divinity student at Luther Seminary. You can connect with him on Twitter @atwiton.