All Misfits Welcome Here
So my MoS cohorts and I were feeling a little down and out as we were banished from Polite Society when lo and behold, we found a fellow misfit, Phil Johnson. This podcast episode showcases the whole idea of a…
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Lest it be ignored
Dispo Dan has a fine post today over at Pyromaniacs. I remain amazed at the number of people (including academics, bloggers, and writers for whom disagreement is surely an occupational hazard), who can only read criticism and disagreement through the…
Lest it be ignored
Dispo Dan has a fine post today over at Pyromaniacs. I remain amazed at the number of people (including academics, bloggers, and writers for whom disagreement is surely an occupational hazard), who can only read criticism and disagreement through the…
McKnight on Bonhoeffer
Over at Jesus Creed, Scot McKnight yesterday offered a thoughtful and provocative review of the new biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Charles Marsh. Scot has kindly given me permission to post an extended extract here. All I would say…
McKnight on Bonhoeffer
Over at Jesus Creed, Scot McKnight yesterday offered a thoughtful and provocative review of the new biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Charles Marsh. Scot has kindly given me permission to post an extended extract here. All I would say…
Buried in the back catalogue
Christian Focus Publications have often been the butt of my jokes and this post was originally going to be called ’15 Books CFP Don’t Want You to Know About’ but, having thought about it, even I realise that would be…
Remembering Sermons
Decluttering. That’s what my husband and I set out to do over the long weekend. Sure, I’m pretty reliable for regular housecleaning, but closets and bookshelves, well, they are projects for me. And my desk is always a project. I…
Preaching & Piety: Are we Donatists?
What does the holiness of the minister have to do with the efficacy of the preached Word? Are we falling into a Donatist error (from Donatus who re-baptized clergy who had lapsed in the Great Persecution, A.D. 303-305) by insisting…
Political Affections
Joshua Hordern. Political Affections. Civic Participation and Moral Theology. Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. x + 312 pp. $99.00 How might theology contribute to reflection upon the recognized democratic deficit of western political societies? How…
Political Affections
Joshua Hordern. Political Affections. Civic Participation and Moral Theology. Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. x + 312 pp. $99.00 How might theology contribute to reflection upon the recognized democratic deficit of western political societies? How…