What the Bible Clearly Teaches
The inauguration of the Center for Christian Thought at Biola University reminds us that evangelicals remain entangled with the intellectual habits of fundamentalism, particularly the assumption that the Bible delivers obvious content to a passive receiver.
The Post-Evangelicals, Part II
In my last post, I characterized post-evangelicals as those whose evangelical heritage has become questionable and problematic. In this post, I discuss some of the particular questions we post-evangelicals discuss when we gather for a drink or a smoke: the questions of authority, evil, individual choice, and ethics & politics.
The Post-Evangelicals, Part I
Evangelicalism is changing: just look at the rise of the post-evangelicals.
Sing the Third Verse!
The spirit of Advent is one of sensitivity to oppression and suffering, to hunger and need. Under the weight of such sorrows, Advent finds in the prophets of Israel a hope that gives voice to these evils and stirs up longing for redemption. The New Testament presents the spirit of Advent perhaps most profoundly in [...]
Seven Types of Scholarship
What are scholars for? I offer for your consideration seven types of religious scholarship: priest, scribe, gnostic, revolutionary, rabbi, scientist, and contemplative.
The Anxiety of Inerrancy
As a recent Baylor University study shows, it is one thing to say the Bible is inspired; it is quite another actually to read it.
Mark Randall James
Mark Randall James is a PhD student in religious studies at the University of Virginia. His work focuses on Jewish and Christian interpretation of Scripture and the distinctive rationalities of scriptural religious traditions.
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Contributing Scholars
Sara Jude BerrySara Jude Berry has a Masters in Literature with Philosophy from Edinburgh University, Scotland and is pursuing ordination as an Interfaith Minister at All Faiths Seminary International (New York, NY). She is the founder of the THECLA Interfaith Initiative, which promotes understanding across the faith traditions through shared contemplative practice and advocates for those imprisoned under blasphemy laws. Follow her at http://www.facebook.com/YeshuanHumanist
Stephanie Louise FisherStephanie (Steph) is from Napier, New Zealand. She has never not lived by the sea - within spitting distance of a beach, at least - until she won a scholarship from Nottingham University and came to the UK to complete her PhD. She studied music, psychology, education and other things at Massey University down under, then after a few years mainly working in theatres, she studied World Religions at Victoria University in Wellington, NZ.