Category Archives: beyond creed

What Is The Gospel? Seminal Errors (Or: Why Barack Broke with Reverend Wright)

About | Superdelegates | Predictions | Polls | Obama Vs. McCain There is a line of thinking that goes: The task of theology is to adapt the gospel to every era and human condition. To which my response is, What … Continue reading

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Open Source Spirituality — Some Excellent Prods

About | Popular | Superdelegates | Predictions | Polls | Game I had not heard the phrase “Open Source Spirituality” but it fits both my mood and my sense of where we’re going. Michel Bouwens’ post Lawrence Wollersheim on Open … Continue reading

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The Other-Directed Self

We now move to the polar opposite of the self we have described as free and transformative. This self is other-directed, inclined to conformity, open to the denigration of others and prone to intolerant and exclusivist forms of religiosity. Read … Continue reading

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Dynamic. Transformative Selfhood in the New Testament

Discussions of the self can become unnecessarily complex, leading to the balkanization of conversations. I think the following description of the dynamic or transformative self is one of two general descriptions of selfhood that, taken together, are more than adequate … Continue reading

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For Jesus Our "Realism" is A Mask for Hypocrisy

Was Jesus an anarchist, hopelessly naive? Or is he a consummate realist? An excerpt from Beyond Creed: From Religion to Spirituality by Stephen C. Rose. Broad and narrower related categories can be found by selecting the first or second label … Continue reading

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