Praying for justice? Miracles and absurdity
A lot of people are insistent that miracles either really happened, or, that they really didn't. I really don't have much at stake in the...
Life support of the absurd: Must the church die?
Consider what eschatology and apocalyptic means for the church and what should be considered to be a time of necessary church reformation...
It not just that its absurd, its that your politics aren't working. At all...
When one considers the nature of twentieth-century liberal religion and the tendency of major theological thinkers to relegate the Bible...
Sensible progressive spirituality. The bane of the absurd
In the midst of the obvious contrast with, if not outright reaction to, conservative Christian ideas about eschatology and apocalyptic;...
revealing the absurd: removing the mystery
I invite Christians to begin to understand revelation as a means of making what is perceived to be mystery less mysterious and more...
The absurdity of Samaritanism
I’m missin’ some teeth. I wear plain clothing dated to the mid-19th century, and when I wear my collarless overcoat it looks like a...
legislating the gospel: ballot boxes of the absurd
Conservatives have commandeered biblical language to the point that many Christians avoid any reference to central biblical themes, such...
Works of the absurd?
The concept of praxis best describes the concept of biblical ethics. A biblical ethic is the intentional behavior of a community whose...
Thou shalt waterboard: absurdity contra what you have heard
American Christians have pursued political power and, as a result, may have ceased to be relevant as a confessing body, ceased to reflect...
Eschatolo-what? Must all things end?
Eschatology is a loaded term, and it has more than a few operative definitions. The Greek ἒσχατος (eschatos) is detailed primarily as...
