Thursday, 09 September 2010, 02:55 am PDT
Featured Ministers
#47 Men, please get as mad as hell!
When women have gotten the right to vote or to divorce or to inherit property or to have legal protection from rape, it’s because men have agreed to change the law of the land. A few forward-t... [read more]
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#46 Hikers on Pilgrim Routes: A Cautionary Tale
No longer content to hike the Appalachian trail or climb Denali, devout secularists have turned their sights on pilgrim routes. One such route is the Way of St. James which wends through rugged ... [read more]
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#45 Take to the sea for four days of Lent
Courage! Howard Westwood’s 1939 Lenten Manual uses outdated, high-flown language, is written in the mode of all-men-all-of-the-time, and mentions several, mostly-forgotten dead people. St... [read more]
The Naked Theologian: stripped-down theology
#44 Her Nakedness passes her Ph.D. comps!
Phew. Comps are over! Now onward to the dissertation proposal. A Ph. D. student’s work is never done–or so it seems. The season of Lent has begun. Whether or not you spent last ... [read more]
The Naked Theologian: stripped-down theology
#43 Countdown to exams, gotta go go go
It hardly seems possible, but a full year has passed since my first post! Forty-two posts later, the time has come for me to set blogging aside. With Ph. D. exams scheduled for February, 2010... [read more]
The Naked Theologian: stripped-down theology
#42 Inviting Jesus to his Birthday bash
Are you satisfied with a purely secular approach to the Christmas season? If not, you might consider spending some time reading the New Testament gospels and reflecting on the life and teachings... [read more]
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#41 Christmas doubts–did Jesus exist?
Some claim that Jesus—whose birthday Christians and plenty of non-Christians are preparing to celebrate—never existed. The people of Jesus’ time displayed no such skepticism, but for those of... [read more]
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#40 What do Jesus and Reagan have in common?
According to Jonathan Chait, the author of The Big Con: Crackpot Economics and the Fleecing of America, “In the conservative mind, the Ronald Reagan presidency lives on in the golden shimmering... [read more]
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#39 Getting religious texts to fess up
Because they’re driven to find a few good answers, enquiring readers engage texts actively, whether that text is religious or otherwise. Pencil in hand, they ask tough questions, follow arg... [read more]
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#38 Multifaith squabble–over love!
If you imagine that multifaith dialogue is easy, this post will change your mind. Continue reading but be warned that you’ll be asked to tease out the intricacies of an argument between the U... [read more]