If the facts cannot be squeezed into a meme the level of attention those facts receive is reduced. Attention to… Read more The Usurping of Things To Come?
Category: Political Theology
Why Trump Is Not Hitler & Why American Evangelicals Are Not The German Christian Movement
Some academic internet interlocutors recently tried to stick some historical parallels on Donald Trump and American Evangelicals. They were attempting to link the… Read more Why Trump Is Not Hitler & Why American Evangelicals Are Not The German Christian Movement
Solemn Cheers
Here’s three cheers for the artist, and the writer, who remain uncorrupted by nefarious social and political forces that seek… Read more Solemn Cheers
The Three Tiers of Barthian Scholastics: Online Edition
Having been embedded in the online Barthian community for some time now, I’ve come to observe three tiers of online… Read more The Three Tiers of Barthian Scholastics: Online Edition
The Mocking Laughter of Hell’s Plan: Valkyrie & Bonhoeffer’s Lament
Seventy-two years on, Bonhoeffer’s words speak with a sharp relevance: ‘I hear men in angry mood. Innumerable voices in wild confusion, a… Read more The Mocking Laughter of Hell’s Plan: Valkyrie & Bonhoeffer’s Lament
The Outsourcing of Responsibility
Two weeks ago I came across two speeches. The first was from Catholic Theologian Jean Vanier, and the second was from Rabbi,… Read more The Outsourcing of Responsibility
What World Refugee Day Tells Us, That Most Western Leaders Won’t
On World refugee day, four things stand out. Not one of them is the lack of Western compassion, ”Western racism/intolerance”… Read more What World Refugee Day Tells Us, That Most Western Leaders Won’t
The Solidarity of Suffering: From Racism to Empathy
The solidarity of suffering is a field of mutuality that lies unexplored. It’s all to easily drowned out by the… Read more The Solidarity of Suffering: From Racism to Empathy
The Smouldering Embers of The Nazarene
Hear the world’s excited march towards oblivion. At times joyful, sometimes mournful. Nearly always neglectful. Twisting the beat for a… Read more The Smouldering Embers of The Nazarene
Niebuhr’s Christian Ethics Lies Paralyzed by Paradox
After working my way through Reinhold Niebuhr’s ‘Signs of the times,’ and being encouraged by what I’d found there, I… Read more Niebuhr’s Christian Ethics Lies Paralyzed by Paradox
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