Posted in Jesus on 19 December 2006 | 9 Comments »
In the midst of the end of semester madness, Shelley and I had the opportunity to go hear Steve Bell perform at West Portal Church last Friday night. The music was characteristically excellent but the evening was also a beautiful reminder of the some of the profound truths of the Christmas season. [...]
Posted in faith, public religion on 8 December 2006 | 2 Comments »
Some British Christians have started an interesting experiment called Theos. It’s being described as a ‘public theology think tank’ and is seeking to address questions involving the role of religion in public life through published reports, media analysis and the sponsoring of public events, study conferences and debates. In their words:
“Society is [...]
Posted in atheism, faith on 5 December 2006 | 3 Comments »
Some of Ryan’s comments from a recent conversation on a debate between Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins has made it to the ‘Letters‘ section of Time Magazine. Aside from a few crude editorial interventions I think this follows the script pretty closely. Ryan may have sent these in but I suspect that [...]
Posted in faith on 1 December 2006 | 6 Comments »
A recent comment has got me thinking about what kind of rules or guidelines should govern a genuine dialogue. This blog has occasionally been the site of some fairly ‘fervent disagreement’ and this makes me wonder about what it means to talk about differing ideas in a responsible or ethical way.
One of my own [...]
