Writing about the Theological School at Drew University this past week caused me to think about theological education in general and my own theological education in particular. I loved …
From time to time, I have an experience inside organized Christianity that is filled with such excitement that it creates in me the hope that there might be a …
They came mostly from the West Coast, although one was a Methodist minister from Chesterfield, Virginia. They represented the vast array of the traditions in American Christianity. Two were …
(The following is the speech delivered in Paris at the launching of the French Translation of Jesus for the Non-Religious.)
How can those of us living in …
So much of Christianity is a delusion, built as it is around power images and institutional claims to possess either an infallible Pope or an inerrant Bible. The Christian …
Most people, who are related at least tangentially to the Christian faith, assume that Jesus was a miracle worker. By this they mean that he possessed the ability to …
It was January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, sometimes called “Old Christmas” in some parts of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The church was still decorated with its hanging greens …
From time to time I receive a letter which requires an answer that is too long for the question and answer format of this column, so I have to …
He was my Professor of Theology, teaching me for two of the three years I was in Seminary. For me he was the major voice on that 1950 …
Theology is a rational, deeply human, attempt to explain our experience with God. Theology is, therefore, never primary; it is always secondary to experience. Theological explanations can thus never …