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The Thinking Grounds: About
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Stomping ground: n. (usu. in pl.) a favourite or familiar haunt or place of action. breeding ground: n. 1 an area of land where an animal, esp. a bird, habitually breeds. 2. a thing that favours the development or occurrence of something, esp. something unpleasant. (OCD). A relevant update: Resignation. If there are two things that have really changed over time, they are that I have become more of a feminist and that I have increasingly begun to value uncertainty. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I used to st...
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The Thinking Grounds: Book-Eaters and Titanomachy
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Stomping ground: n. (usu. in pl.) a favourite or familiar haunt or place of action. breeding ground: n. 1 an area of land where an animal, esp. a bird, habitually breeds. 2. a thing that favours the development or occurrence of something, esp. something unpleasant. (OCD). Friday, 27 February 2015. TW: a brief discussion of cannibalism. Back in November, I posted the following to Facebook:. Does anyone else find themselves, at times, thinking, "I ate that book," rather than, "I read that book"? Besides be...
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The Thinking Grounds: Books I Think People Should Read
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Stomping ground: n. (usu. in pl.) a favourite or familiar haunt or place of action. breeding ground: n. 1 an area of land where an animal, esp. a bird, habitually breeds. 2. a thing that favours the development or occurrence of something, esp. something unpleasant. (OCD). Friday, 10 August 2007. Books I Think People Should Read. This is a list of (fiction) books that I think people should read. I will add to it as I think of others. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. By C S. Lewis: I'm not about to say...
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Performing the Faith: Hauerwas and the Law
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That we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways". Monday, December 3, 2012. Hauerwas and the Law. The papers given at the symposium can be found here:. Theological Argument in Law: Engaging with Stanley Hauerwas. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Durham, NC, United States. View my complete profile. Does The 2016 Election Mark The End Of White Christian America? Idolatry, Oppression and the Development of Demons: Part 6, The Origins of Hell. ABC Religion and Ethics. The Trauma of God.
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Performing the Faith: DDS Professors Arrested at Public Demonstration at NC Capital
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That we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways". Friday, June 14, 2013. DDS Professors Arrested at Public Demonstration at NC Capital. Willie Jennings, professor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Duke, reflects on his experience of being arrested in one of recent protests in Raleigh over new legislative decisions. Becoming the Common: Why I Got Arrested in North Carolina This Week. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Durham, NC, United States. View my complete profile. The Trauma of God.
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Performing the Faith: Boston Marathon Bombing, Islam, and America
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That we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways". Monday, April 22, 2013. Boston Marathon Bombing, Islam, and America. Omid Safi (just down the road at UNC - Chapel Hill) wrote up this terrific piece on how we might proceed in thinking about the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after the recent Boston Marathon bombing. It's worth a read and some reflection:. 10 Essential Points About the Boston Marathon Bombers, Islam, and America. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Durham, NC, United States. Contempora...
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A Sound of Sheer Silence: Confessions of a Passive Homophobe
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A Sound of Sheer Silence. A Sound of Sheer Silence. Sunday, August 18, 2013. Confessions of a Passive Homophobe. Sure, why not. It's not like it would ever affect me in any way. There were gay people in college, of course, but the first time I really dealt with gay people was when I joined the priesthood. In my entrance interview, I remember being asked if I was gay or straight. When I said I was straight, I was asked "how do you know? I remember being stunned with that question- how did I know? The othe...
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A Sound of Sheer Silence: August 2015
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A Sound of Sheer Silence. A Sound of Sheer Silence. Monday, August 31, 2015. The Joy of Being Wrong Essays, Part 1E- "It is a Fearful Thing to Fall into the Hands of the Living God.". This last part of Father Alisons talk (the other four can be found here. But, first, some starting principles. Presented in this basic way, Gods work in the world comes across as an easy and painless process- good, I dont have to scapegoat people anymore! Links to this post. Joy of Being Wrong. Wednesday, August 26, 2015.
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A Sound of Sheer Silence: On the Sin of Originalism
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A Sound of Sheer Silence. A Sound of Sheer Silence. Monday, July 6, 2015. On the Sin of Originalism. And, every once in a while, the words we say have more. Meaning that we intend- our words touch on some power that we were not consciously aware of when we say them, but is present nonetheless. It is in these moments that the magic of words comes to the fore. It is in these moments that words become transcendent. I never liked "Nightswimming" when I was actually 16 years old ( Automatic for the People.
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A Sound of Sheer Silence: Dispatches from The Great Divide
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A Sound of Sheer Silence. A Sound of Sheer Silence. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Dispatches from The Great Divide. 1 Two weeks ago, the Episcopal Church voted to give general authorization for same sex weddings. Voting no out of 99 dioceses in the 50 States. That's a land slide in by any measure. It's not like the Episcopal Church decided "hmm, shooting in Charleston, what to do? I've got it- marriage equality! Of some act of violence, we won't be getting much done, ever. That gives the German bishops, if the...
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