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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Biblical Studies Carnival XLVI
Live from Africa and a day early (if you’re in the US), it’s Biblical Studies Carnival XLVI! Thanks to Daniel and Tonya of Hebrew and Greek Reader, who’ve rounded up all the biblioblogging that’s fit to read. Share this: Digg … Continue reading
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How "African" Was Ancient Egyptian Spirituality? 1
In this post and the next I want to examine the religiosity of ancient Egypt in order to see to what extent it may reflect the world view discernible in much later cultures of sub-Saharan Africa. Christians and Africa In … Continue reading
Posted in Theology, Wealth of Egypt
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I'm Still Not Clear on What's Wrong with the One We've Got
According to this post by James McGrath, Conservapedia (which I’d never heard of) is apparently scandalized by the fact that portions of the Bible are *gasp!* open to varying interpretations. Their response to to create a “booby-trapped” translation (to borrow … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christendumb, Theology
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African Spirituality: Another Voice
I’m continuing to attempt to get a handle on traditional African culture, particularly traditional African spirituality as it (may) impinge upon the development of early Christianity in the Nile valley and Latin North Africa. Peter J. Paris’s The Spirituality of … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
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Dr. Phlox Explains the Peters Projection
As a former geography major, I loved this clip from The West Wing: (H/T: Euangelion) Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend
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The Spirituality of African Peoples: Ethics
At first I debated lumping the last two chapters of Peter J. Paris’s The Spirituality of African Peoples together, but then decided the final chapter, “Ethics: African and African American Social Ethics” really needed to stand alone as a kind … Continue reading
The Spirituality of African Peoples: Person
The fifth chapter of Peter J. Paris’s The Spirituality of African Peoples is titled “Person: The Embodiment of Virtue.” In it, Paris describes the dyadic personality structure in traditional African cultures. Although he doesn’t use that specific terminology, it is … Continue reading
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What the World Needs Now…
Saints! I think that basically, from the church’s point of view, what we need to do is form saints – people of faith, hope and love. Thus says Glenn Hinson, one of my professors at the Seminary formerly known as … Continue reading
Posted in Life as Prayer, Mere Catholicity
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Theology: How Many Sigfigs?
My high school chemistry teacher, Mr. Danes, called them “sigfigs” or “signficant figures.” Weekend Fisher calls them “significant digits,” and uses them as an analogy for the limits of human precision when it comes to matters of theology. Some things … Continue reading
Low-church Evangelicalism: Protestant?
Scot McKnight is wondering whether low-church evangelicalism—having dispensed with the historic creeds and worship forms embraced by the likes of Luther and Calvin—deserves to be called “Protestant”: Low church evangelicalism is too often theologically shallow, frequently chaotic in its order … Continue reading
Posted in +Fellowship, +The Prayers, Theology
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