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Talking Politics and Religion...: May 2007
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Talking Politics and Religion. Comments on past and present political, religious and pop cultural events. Saturday, May 12, 2007. Proving God's Existence Absolutely: Our Modern Desire for Certainty. Recently, a lot of talk has been swirling around a series of debates between atheists and theists (mostly Christians) and between supporters of Intelligent Design (mostly protestant Christians as well) and its detractors? And on campus news papers. If the "rationality" or "irrationality" of faith is not of si...
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Talking Politics and Religion...: Balls, Strikes, and Worldviews
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Talking Politics and Religion. Comments on past and present political, religious and pop cultural events. Thursday, May 10, 2007. Balls, Strikes, and Worldviews. After a game of baseball, three umpires were having a beer. One says, "There's balls and there's strikes and I call 'em the way they are.". Another says, "There's balls and there's strikes and I call 'em the way I see 'em.". A third says, "There's balls and there's strikes, and they ain't nothin' until I call 'em.". Thursday, May 10, 2007. The P...
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Talking Politics and Religion...: Relating to Postmodernism: A Rough Typology of Evangelical Positions
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Talking Politics and Religion. Comments on past and present political, religious and pop cultural events. Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Relating to Postmodernism: A Rough Typology of Evangelical Positions. 1) Some Evangelicals reject postmodernism as making no sense and they consider it dangerous to their faith. In a review of a certain book, one evangelical. Put it this way:. It is a helpful warning about the dangers of postmodernism. But this explicit warning has a subtext not intended by the writers&...
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Talking Politics and Religion...: What are they saying?
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Talking Politics and Religion. Comments on past and present political, religious and pop cultural events. Friday, April 20, 2007. What are they saying? Some Headlines from Stories about Gozales' Testimony:. On a Very Hot Seat With Little Cover and Less Support. Gonzales Endures Harsh Session With Senate Panel. Al, the President's Man:Alberto Gonzales is bloodied by his trip to the Senate. Gonzo-Meter:Al, you're not helping. Will Bush Stand by Gonzales? Dead Man Walking Gonzales? Friday, April 20, 2007.
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Talking Politics and Religion...: January 2007
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Talking Politics and Religion. Comments on past and present political, religious and pop cultural events. Wednesday, January 31, 2007. What are we to do with Christians wanting to do something about Islam? What are we to do about Islam? As a Christianizing agent, Mike articulates three ways of dealing with Islamic agents. The first:. Again, 'we' is used by Mike to signify the boundaries between the Christian community and the Muslim community. These boundaries, as Mike says clearly, must exclude the ...
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Talking Politics and Religion...: December 2006
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Talking Politics and Religion. Comments on past and present political, religious and pop cultural events. Wednesday, December 20, 2006. Speaking forcefully from the 'I'. I recently finished reading the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave. It is quite the powerful book. One cannot help but respect and admire Douglass. A quote stuck out that I would like to share:. Wednesday, December 20, 2006. Links to this post. Saturday, December 16, 2006. Evangelical Orthodoxy and Heresy.
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Talking Politics and Religion...: February 2007
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Talking Politics and Religion. Comments on past and present political, religious and pop cultural events. Friday, February 23, 2007. True as in Scientifically or True as in Religiously. The following is a quote that I read last night. It is from the philosopher/theologian, John D. Caputo, in his book On Religion. For me, it is a very powerful and sensible statement. For others, I'm sure it will smack of heresy. That last sentence is possibly the catch for some folks. For them, God needs. Much attention i...
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Talking Politics and Religion...: Practicing criticism is a matter of making facile gestures difficult
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Talking Politics and Religion. Comments on past and present political, religious and pop cultural events. Thursday, April 26, 2007. Practicing criticism is a matter of making facile gestures difficult. A fantastic quote from Michel Foucault, "Practicing Criticism.". A Critique is not a matter of saying that things are not right as they are. It is a matter of pointing out on what kinds of assumptions, what kinds of familiar, unchallenged,. Unconsidered modes of thought the practices that we accept rest.
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Talking Politics and Religion...: The Challenge of Relativism, or, The Problem Created by Absolute Descriptions
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Talking Politics and Religion. Comments on past and present political, religious and pop cultural events. Saturday, April 21, 2007. The Challenge of Relativism, or, The Problem Created by Absolute Descriptions. John Piper writes an apparently compelling essay on the issue of relativism. The piece is entitled: " The Challenge of Relativism. The essay hinges on a key distinction between two kinds of descriptions. Can human beings not decide for themselves about the issue of sexual relations? Talk of height...
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Talking Politics and Religion. Comments on past and present political, religious and pop cultural events. Thursday, April 19, 2007. As tragic as the Virginia Tech shootings are, let’s face it: 32 dead is a slow day in U.S.-occupied Iraq. Should we not cry for all the dead? Why do we cry for some and not those thousands of others? Thursday, April 19, 2007. Labels: The Politics of Meaning. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Critically Reading Christian Action and Thought. The Politics and Economics of War.