Summary of excerpts of An Introduction to Christian Ethics, 5th edition by Roger Crook CHAPTER 5: BIBLICAL ETHICS Jesus Jesus’s ethical teachings are usually framed
Category: Society and politics
“Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism” by Kathryn Tanner: an argument for a wholesale reorganization of economic life
I recently read Kathryn Tanner’s Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism (2019, Yale University Press). Her argument, in short, is that modern finance-dominated capitalism
Ruminations on Existentialism: tentative agreements and disagreements
In my attempts to get a handle on the key schools of thought within ancient, modern, and contemporary theology, I’ve often read that certain theologies
“Ministry in a Secular Age” by Andrew Root; summary and reflections
“The most effective way for Christians, clergy, and congregations alike to make God visible in today’s secular world is through ministry. In other words, being present with and serving others in ways that reveal God and God’s nature to those to whom we minister. In these ministry efforts, God can be incarnated in a way that is comprehensible to those whose worldviews have been shaped by modernity and secularism.”
Highlights from “Back-Pocket God: Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Emerging Adults” by Denton and Flory (2020)
Back-Pocket God: Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Emerging Adults provides a summary of key findings from the last wave of the National Study
Bonhoeffer’s “religionless christianity” and the search for pure religious truth
I recently listened to Tripp Fuller’s 2009 interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh who wrote Religionless Christianity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer In Troubled Times. Dr. Pugh explained that
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