Comments greatly appreciated!!!
This is only a starting point, and I may not be able to employ it for my actual dissertation, but it is the line of thinking which consumes all of my free thoughts.
This work provides an alternative narrative mode (the Virginia School of Political Economy rather than Marx) for the discussion of Theology [...]
In conversations about difficult topics it is important to share definitions. Capitalism is a word of many meanings.
In this conversation I lay out a defense of what I consider pure Capitalism and how Christians ought to behave among themselves, and what positions they ought to advocate – if any – in public policy debates. I [...]
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
I love Jesus Manifesto. Among the Emergent types, Mark Van Steenwyk and his crew are the absolute top-shelf. They are anabaptists and flirt with anarchism. We like this. A lot. In a recent post Mark warns Emergents against becoming a mere fad, comercialized, and thus contributing to empire. A fair warning, especially considering the emergent [...]
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Relevant, again, God’s Politics.
James Dobson in a “secret” meeting with other conservative Christians discussed whether they would support a third party candidate if Republican Rudy Guliani received their nomination for President. This is all about abortion.
Which is fine. In fact I think it would be a good idea if the Religious Right went ahead [...]
Friday, September 21st, 2007
I’ve been interested in the emerging church for about 10 years now.
I got interested when I met Eric Villanueva through his brother Steve (whom I am desperate to re-connect with if it is possible.) Eric told me about the increasing number of young pastors in Europe. Delerious was big at the time and Matt Redman. [...]