Sin-Questions: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 9 March 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 9 March 2014 (First Sunday of Lent, Year A) Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 • Psalm 32 • Romans 5:12-19 • Matthew 4:1-11 In N.T. Wright’s The New Testament and…
Heroes, Villains, and [Meta-]Narratives
Have I mentioned lately that I really enjoy my job? As James K.A. Smith has recently noted on Twitter, his job (mine is very similar) is such that he receives…
Memory, Theory, English Departments, and Christian Education
Professing Literature: An Institutional History by Gerald Graff Theologia: The Fragmentation and Unity of Theological Education by Edward Farley I’m not sure how other folks entered into self-awareness of their…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #127: Alfred Hitchcock
General Introduction – Snow introduction – Listener feedback – Adjuncts and online education – Women and the Great American Novel Our Experience – Hitchcock and scary movies – Good eeeeeevening…
Metamorphosis: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 2 March 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 2 March 2014 (Transfiguration Sunday, Year A) Exodus 24:12-18 • Psalm 2 or Psalm 99 • 2 Peter 1:16-21 • Matthew 17:1-9 Obviously we should celebrate the Resurrection every year with a Sunday…
House of Cards: A Tragedy for Our Moment
Opining about House of Cards is a cottage industry of sorts these days, so I must endeavor here to say something you good folks couldn’t read elsewhere. So I advance this hunch:…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #126.1: Postmodernism 101
General Introduction – Snowpocalypse, Round Two – Sprezzatura, sprezzatura – Listener feedback – American folk The Postmodern Condition – The age of networked computers – Incredulity toward metanarratives – Speculation…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 6.1: Christian Feminist Parenting
Note: This is our first transcontinental podcast, and there’s some noise and feedback we couldn’t get rid of. Thanks for sticking with us! Introductions Congratulations Shelah and Shawn! A little…
Temple of God: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 23 February 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 23 February 2014 (7th Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A) Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 • Psalm 119:33-40 • 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 • Matthew 5:38-48 This will be another Sunday where I…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #126: American Folk Music
General Introduction – Listener feedback – Tarantino and meaning – Harper Lee, the great American novelist? – More fake papers for us – The mascot of the CHU – The…
That You May Dwell: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 16 February 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 16 February 2014 (Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A) Deuteronomy 30:15-20 or Sirach 15:15-20 • Psalm 119:1-8 • 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 • Matthew 5:21-37 I enjoy preaching the Old Testament. I’ve certainly…
Revisiting the Postmodern: Some Thoughts on Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition
Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge I honestly don’t know how often I had heard the term “postmodern” before 1996, but it was on a visit back…
“Everything Is Propaganda”?: Some Ongoing Conversation
If you don’t listen to the Theology Nerd Throwdown from Homebrewed Christianity, you’re missing out on a fun podcast. The main Homebrewed Christianity podcast, an interview program, remains the flagship…
BrueggeBlog 8: It’s All Interpretation
Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy God-Verbs The Gospel of Plurality Theological Dialectics My Creatio ex Nihilo Copout First to the Jews, then to the Nations Mediation and Dispute and Authority It’s All…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #125: The Great American Novel
General Introduction – Keeping the seat warm – Danny gets it right! – Listener feedback – Christian Humanist University Personal Definitions – Exemplifying American-ness – The changing representation of Huckleberry…