Abraham is a dubious model of religious identity, for most of us do not directly hear God’s voice. If faith’s dependence on ritual tradition is forgotten, there is a danger of overvaluing individual inwardness. Much
Cary – What Luther’s theology offers on this score is an account of the knowledge of God that does not depend on the notion of a power or faculty of intellectual vision, and that therefore
Remembering Gerhard Forde By Story Magazine Second Quarter 2005 Luther Seminary gives thanks for the witness and wisdom of Professor Emeritus Gerhard O. Forde, ’55, who died Aug. 9, 2005 after a long illness. For almost
And other quotes The adherents of the sects always utter some words from which their doubting spirit becomes manifest: ‘I hope I’m godly,’ ‘I hope I’m righteous.’ The Christian, on the other hand, says, ‘I
Iconophobia is part of a wider phenomenon: aversion to the physical expression of religion, to nonverbal ritual performance. I am calling this sacramentalism, and the fear of it sacraphobia. Thanks to Zwingli and Calvin, the
Making Sense of Scripture, David J. Lose (ELCA book) Praying the Catechism, Donald W. Johnson Half the Sky, Nicholas D. Dristof and Sheryl WuDunn Christianity for the Rest of Us, Diana Bass Searching for God
Tuesday, October 01, 2013 I get the New York Times emails with news updates but I have been bypassing the ones about the Republican antics. I consider those people dangerous anarchists and I hope the
Gavin Bryars, Anna Maria Friman, John Potter Throughout Bryars’ work — from the conceptually driven pieces like “The Sinking of the Titanic” to the sacred works such as this — there is always a sense
“His descriptions of “spectacular adaptations” are enjoyable, but the argument is tiresome and weak. It should be unnecessary to make this point: one does not demolish – or even damage – evolutionary explanations by confessing
“The earliest and most celebrated example is the Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation story” “The importance of such a conversation is highlighted when we consider other well-known examples: the Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation story,