The Apostle Paul was "a conflict-ridden polemicist" who became "the future of an ancient movement of unlettered, agrarian, Semitic-speaking, indigenous Palestinians," writes New Testament scholar Allen Dwight Callahan.
I am not sure I could ever find myself on the same page as Borg and Crossan, but these are some interesting discussions.
After ministering in inner-city Los Angeles for almost four decades, Father Peter Banks, an Irish Catholic priest, says "hope is to be able to sing in the middle of the darkness, and I can still sing in the middle of the darkness."
While others were fleeing, he was planting himself.
July 24, 2009: Is That All There Is?
"The secular age is schizophrenic, or better, deeply cross-purposed" and "very far from settling into a comfortable unbelief," according to Canadian scholar Charles Taylor, author of A SECULAR AGE.
Theologically debatable, this review and the book it reviews offer thoughtful observations of the current state of belief. It is worth investigation and consideration by pastors and other communicators of the good news of God.
July 17, 2009: Faith and the Brain
“Being religious or spiritual has a very profound effect on our biology and our brain,” says neuroscientist Andrew Newberg. “It can change our brain and change ourselves over time.”
There seem to beneficial nuerological effects of faith on the brain.
July 3, 2009: Interview: Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton
Read more of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly’s July 1, 2009 interview in New York City with Riverside Church senior minister, the Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton, who resigned two months after his installation.
Braxton speaks candidly and openly about the challenges of pastoring one of America's historic and prestigious churches. Talk about old first church!
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