In the previous post I questioned the belief of some theologians that “theology of religion” was all about whether one could find salvation in other religions. The question assumes that “other” religions have a similar notion of salvation to Christianity, and that “salvation” is what they are all about. I pointed out that the concept [...]
In a comment on my contribution to the missional synchroblog, Tim Victor said:
Though it appears that Buddhists and other Eastern views are more accepting I experience them as slowly attaining the same goal, i.e. in Krishna or in Buddha is real salvation but persist in your practice if you must in this life and you’ll [...]
Preamble
A couple of years ago, when our Constitutional Court was considering the question of homosexual marriage, I was asked by my bishop, His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim, Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria, to prepare a short paper on Christian marriage. In view of the confusion and conflicting opinions and controversies among other Christian groups on the [...]
Today is the fortieth anniversary of the arrest of the Catonsville Nine, a group of Christian antiwar protesters who destroyed draft records of the Vietnam War.
clipped from www.baltimoresun.com
Forty years ago tomorrow, nine
committed followers of Christ entered the Selective Service Office
in Catonsville. They moved past
three surprised office workers,
who questioned what they were
doing but did not stop [...]
In September it will be 40 years since the “Message to the people of South Africa” was published.
The “Message” was a comprehensive rejection of the apartheid policy of the South African government of the time on theological grounds.
While Christian groups had criticised apartheid previously, most of the earlier criticisms had not explicitly rejected the principles [...]
On 15 May the usual crowd will be having a synchroblog on the theme of human rights, but this time we will be joining hundreds of other bloggers on the same theme. Obviously anyone is welcome to join, either in the synchroblog (which means having a list of links to other synchroblog posts) or to [...]
This is a follow-up post to the synchroblog on “Emerging heresy”. After reading the other posts I realised that words like “heresy” and “cult” aren’t the only ones that cause misunderstandings. When it comes to “orthodoxy” we are not only not on the same page, we’re not in the same book, and perhaps not even [...]
“Cult” is one of the most frequently misused words in English. I get tired of hearing people say that this or that religious group is a “cult”. Used in that way, the word “cult” is almost meaningless. All it means is that the speaker disagrees with the beliefs or dislikes the activities of the [...]
Dorothy Day’s diaries are to be published. They were sealed for 25 years after her death in 1980, and should provide an interesting insight into her life and ministry.
Dorothy Day was a Catholic anarcho-pacifist, and is a good illustration of the principle that theological conservatism leads to political liberalism, and vice versa.
clipped from www.thetablet.co.uk
The diaries [...]
There’s been a sudden increase of blogging about liberation theology since Barack Obama’s pastor hit the headlines.It has brought forth some very strange comments and perceptions, such as that those, who like Archbishop Romero were crushed by the power of the state for opposing the abuse of power actually supported what they opposed.
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