Languages I Would Like to Learn/ Re-Learn
Image via Wikipedia In his book, Many Colors, Dr. Soong-Chan Rah suggests that U.S. American theologians need to be multi-lingual in their future endeavors. I, for one, have always believed this. Here...
View ArticleBooker T. Washington on Learning Greek & Latin
In context, it was illegal for enslaved Africans to read or write English. Illiteracy was the norm, now, I will leave you with a quote from Booker reflecting the attitudes of the Negro community...
View ArticleLiberating the Future of Seminary part 1A: Diversity Matters
*DISCLAIMER: ANY SCENARIO PROVIDED IS BASED ON TRUE EVENTS AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE WRITER.* MASTERS STUDENTS *Seminary Scenario 1*: For a final assignment for a biblical studies course, a...
View ArticleSolidarity Over Charity: Social Justice Christianity 101
English: “Social Justice,” founded by Father Coughlin, sold on important street corners and intersections. New York City Medium: 1 negative: nitrate; 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 inches or smaller. (Photo credit:...
View ArticleFridays with Foucault
*****UPDATE!!!!****** Dr. J K Gayle has added to my apology for deconstruction, by questioning exactly where does “author-ity” come from? Defending deconstruction and the problem with problematizing...
View ArticleRebooting Political Jesus Part 2: Theological Openness
The Transfiguration Lodovico Carracci 1594 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This post is part of a series of articles I am writing to UPDATE the original vision that I first articulated concerning Political...
View ArticleOpen Theism, Moltmann, Patristic Thought, & Divine Apatheia
In a recent facebook group discussion, we have gone back and forth about the meaning of what does it mean for God to be impassible? Does God really not suffer, and therefore is not able to relate to...
View ArticleRESISTERE, latin for resist: Daniel (VULG), Ezekiel, and the Imago Dei
“He said to me, ‘Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your...
View Articlethe divine feminine: a trinitarian perspective: a series
Let’s be upfront. There’s probably no way for me to write a series like this and not be called the dreaded “H” word: “heretic.” Earlier this year, fellow Southern Baptist Owen Strachan farewelled...
View Articlethe divine feminine: God the Father
My intention for this series is to come from a perspective that gives weight to Scripture and church history. Before I do that, I must share this story. My first year in seminary had its ups and downs....
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