Author: Paul Joseph Greene
Paul Joseph Greene is attending the second year of his doctoral program, seeking a Ph.D. in systematic theology at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. "Let's talk interreligiously about liberation, identity, power, privilege, creative transformation, process, politics, and Glee! And by virtue of our relationship, let's become a new creation together." Paul was selected as one of three Outstanding Contributing Scholars to speak at State of Formation's workshop held at the 2013 American Academy of Religion.
Bin Laden’s Dead. But, What Are We Celebrating, Exactly?
I am still sorting through the emotions and the facts swirling around the announcement that Osama bin Laden has been killed. What a turn of events! These are just my initial thoughts about terror, lo... Read MoreDethroning Your Bully God
February’s State of Formation topic is bullying of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons. The recent and ongoing campaign is to impress upon the victims of bullying the message that ... Read MoreBullied To Death: When Will Enough Be Enough?
Each new suicide resulting from anti-gay bullying begs the question: when will enough be enough? We Americans don’t know the meaning of the word “enough.” We don’t know when to stop consumin... Read MoreGood News Flash: Jesus Hates Obama (just kidding)
Perhaps you have seen the website, http://www.jesushatesobama.com/. That’s right, the American free market, where business rules, and all is fair because, after all, business is business, has produc... Read MoreThe Tucson Shooting and the ‘Not Connected’ Lie
It is always a lie to hide behind the self-absolving rhetoric of “it is not connected.” Though it will be more difficult, we must undertake the path of uncovering the connections rather than deny... Read MoreInterreligious Encounter: Magi, Mary, and Jesus
What Scriptural model of dialogue might we choose? Let us live out the model of interreligious dialogue taught to us by the Magi and Mary—so that maybe (maybe) the Moseses and Pharaohs of our world... Read MoreInterreligious Dialogue: Come As You Are!
Instead of pretending to be what you’re not, or thinking that you shouldn’t join in at all because you’re not 'qualified’….PLEASE: Come as you are!... Read MoreMission Creep: TV’s and Christianity’s
I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but in the past few years we have witnessed the dissolution of the missional integrity of the various previously specialized television networks. The militar... Read MoreShared Spiritual Inheritance and Mutual Transformation
State of Formation fellow-contributor, Brad Bannon, has posed this question to which my post responds, at least in part: Do religious persons “own” their forms of prayer and practice? Granted, ada... Read More- 2 of 3
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