"PATRISTIC THEOLOGY COURSE: Story and Doctrine of the Church"
Sunday afternoon with a great book on the round!
So interested in the origins of the Christian Doctrine of the Primitive Church. 400+ to run on!

I've been spending a few days in Newark, New Jersey with the good folks at the World Communion of Reformed Churches! #ecumenism #communion #Reformed #theology #church

https://wcrc.eu/wcrc-gathers-in-newark/

@theology @religion

Today, we remembers the death of the German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed on this day in 1945 for his active opposition to Nazism. May his courage and his memory never be forgotten. #dietrichbonhoeffer #fascism #nazism #Trump #MAGA #Germany #theology #USA #stupidity #cheapgrace #religion #christianity #christian #ChristianNationalism #philosophy #sociology #psychology #resist #TrumpLies #trumptariffs #decline #usa #jesus

Hungarian theologian Izidor Guzmics, born OTD in 1786, wrote his influential "A keresztényeknek vallásbeli egyesülésekről" or "On Religious Unity among Christians" in 1822 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/hungary/budapest/?s=mb #travel #theology #history

In protestant doctrine, life on Earth seems like a meaningless charade. Its value is infinitesimal compared to that of the afterlife, and whether we end up in Heaven or Hell is already predestined. So why doesn't God just immediately create us in the afterlife?

This question *must* be a commonly discussed one in #theology, but I'm not a theologian and I don't know where to look. Any ideas?

A second reflection I wrote after being at the Hands Off demonstrations yesterday, this time an exploration of what it means to be "blessed"--even when an angry Trump supporter yells at you from his car window.

https://catecheticconverter.com/a-blessed-insult

Was at the #HandsOff demonstrations today in #Honolulu. Was handed this #Trans pride flag, which inspired this little entry:

https://catecheticconverter.com/being-ministered-to

Can lesbians follow Christ?

Brilliant take on dogmatic bigotry.

https://youtu.be/9lNazw2bGLo?si=l8WXJ88g3SRa5S7V

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
#theology

Can lesbians follow Christ? Brilliant take on dogmatic bigotry. youtu.be/9lNazw2bGLo... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #theology

Can lesbians follow Christ?

The “Old Testament God”?

Trans artist Laura Jane Grace asks about God’s phallus.

https://youtu.be/fT0UhhVixCY?si=nx-p3Zqco9weOiaP

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
#theology #judeophobia

The “Old Testament God”? Trans artist Laura Jane Grace asks about God’s phallus. youtu.be/fT0UhhVixCY... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #theology #judeophobia

The “Old Testament God”?

The study of #theology, as it stands in #Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion.
—Thomas Paine

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#atheism #faith #god

The new book of my long-time collaborator, Seyed Javad Miri, has just been released. Critical theory can be done outside of Eurocentrism. It’s available through the publisher, Ekpyrosis Press, Amazon, and Lulu (all links below). #philosophy #sociology #psychology #history #theology #mysticism #Iran #Islam #MiddleEast #academia #Criticaltheory #academicmastodon #politics #politicalscience https://ekpyrosispress.com/product/towards-emancipation-decolonality-and-critical-social-theory-in-the-primordial-school-of-thought-by-seyed-javad-miri/

Been a few weeks, but here's a new post on the ol' blog (and not the one I accidentally deleted last night!), wherein I use a deeply nerdy Godzilla discussion as a launchpad for a discussion on narrative theology.

https://catecheticconverter.com/let-the-story-speak

With the new instance I should have a new #introduction.

I am a working class independent researcher, mostly interested in #ViolenceStudies. I have been a student of #theology most of my life. I am interested in Space and Place, radical geography, feminist criticism, #poetry, Conflict Resolution, #ecology, and #astronomy.

I wrote a good deal about myself here: https://www.tilley.earth/

I write poetry almost daily and I have been writing poetry for just over 30 years.

https://wheretofind.me/@waystation

New Sunday School Express series tonight after our 5:30 worship service. Our first question... #Beliefs #StatementOfFaith #Christianity #Theology

I maintain that the most interesting epoch of Christianity was during the first 3 centuries and then it proceeded to get co-opted by power, and everything - EVERYTHING - went downhill from there.

#theology #hermeneutics #Christianity
https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell/114236614646398161

Charles Spurgeon was a particular Baptist preacher in London. Here he requests prayers for peace. Strife would stink. It would cause bloodshed. He says we should diligently promote those principles by which classes at home and races abroad may be bound together in amity.

Do we have people seeking strife abroad?

How can you promote peace?

When certain people find out I'm Buddhist, they sometimes I think I'm into New Age stuff. I blame Theosophy. But nothing could be further than the truth. The New Age movement is just repackaged prosperity gospel and eugenics. That's my hot take for today.
#Buddhism #newage #religion #Theosophy #theology #prosperitygospel