Index: Australian Writers  |  International Writers  |  Writings On Prayer  |  Eastern Orthodox Writings  |  Writings On Spirituality  |  Fundamentalism/Bibliolatry  |  Violence/War/Pacifism  | Money/Capitalism  |  Equality/Freedom/Social Justice  |  Honest History of Church  |  Quality writings of Church Fathers  |  Classics  |  Quality Christian writings (modern)  |  Recommended Links

AUSTRALIAN WRITERS	INTERNATIONAL WRITERS
St. Michael's Uniting Church on Collins Progressive Christianity at the heart of Melbourne... Read Dr Francis Macnab's sermons at  Dr Macnab & Addresses Sunday Herald Sun’s Faithworks by Bryan Patterson Writings of R. Brinsmead  Scandalously Liberating God is Only Good, by Andrew Moore  Christian Anarchy by Dave Andrews Necessary Heresies Alternatives to Fundamentalism by Peter Cameron. Convicted of Heresy by his church. Read the book!  Language and the Scriptures by David Judd ( Queensland Pastor ) Sea of Faith in Australia many interesting articles by Aussie Progressive Christians Father Michael Morwood The man who's book was banned by Melbourne Catholic Archbishop Dr George Pell ( March, 1999 ). Get "Tomorrow's Catholic. Understanding God and Jesus in a New Millennium". Any book banned by an Archbishop must be worth reading!	Horizontal God   by W. Krossa A Must Read! Gary Amirault's Tentmaker (Leading Christian Universalist voice in USA) Thomas Talbott's The Inescapable Love of God (Christian Universalism) John Shelby Spong ( Leading voice for Liberal-Christianity )   Anarchy from a Christian Standpoint Jacques Ellul James A. Fowler on Jacques Ellul An excerpt from Albert Nolan's "Jesus Before Christianity" ARTICLES BY PASCHAL BAUTE The History of Religions: Essays in Methodology, by Mircea Eliade and Joseph M. Kitagawa (ENTIRE BOOK)  Mythic Reflections Thoughts on myth, spirit, and our times... an interview with Joseph Campbell, by Tom Collins (IN CONTEXT)                            Gateway into God's Realm (Sermon) By Gary A. Wilburn  God Talk by James R. Adams
WRITINGS ON PRAYER
What men usually ask for when they pray to God is that two and two may not make four. -- Russian proverb Dear God, Please Crush the Other Team Prayers that God shouldn't listen to... The Unseen Dimensions That May Govern Existence Do hidden superstrings form us from the void by their rapid spinning? Why superstring theory and theology are close cousins… Praying in a Post-Einsteinian Universe By David S. Toolan On Unceasing Prayer An extract from that portion of the Philokalia discussing the Life of St. Gregory Palamas. "Discusses the obligation of all Christians to pray unceasingly (1 Thes. 5:17). Explains that unceasing prayer is not impossible or difficult; to the contrary it is possible and easy. Interprets the injunction of Matt. 6:19 that one should enter into one's closet, shut the door, and pray as meaning that one should enter into oneself, shut the door of one's senses, and pray" by D. Platt The Mystery of Prayer (Jed Perkins) Does the Universe Care? (Brother William SSF) Spirituality for Passionate and Rapidly Changing Times by Carolyn M. Craft. Reflections on prayer and spirituality by an Episcopal priest and professor in the department of English, philosophy, and modern languages ( Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia ). Christian Contemplative Prayer is the opening of mind and heart-- our whole being--to God, the Ultimate Mystery, beyond thoughts, words and emotions, . . What is “centering prayer”? traditionally known as “contemplative prayer” Prayer of the Heart for the faithful living in the world by the Brotherhood of Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi Monastery on Mt. Athos.  Christian mysticism "Mysticism is concerned with the nature of reality, the individual’s struggle to attain a clear vision of reality, and the transformation of consciousness that accompanies such vision"  Prayer, Meditation, and Contemplation What the greatest Christian mystics had to say about prayer The Desert Fathers individuals who retreated to the deserts of North Africa during the fourth century to lead ascetical, contemplative lives.© 1999 by D. Platt The Philokalia an 18th century anthology of Orthodox spirituality that was compiled from texts which had been written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries.© 1999 by D. Platt St. Symeon the New Theologian a mystic who lived from 949 to 1022 A.D. in the Byzantine Empire. His writings stress that mystical experience is accessible to all Christians who prepare themselves to receive it.© 1999 by D. Platt The Imitation of Christ Thomas à Kempis a 15th century, German priest who belonged to the monastic order known as "The Brothers of the Common Life."© 1999 by D. Platt Taking Part in the Dance: Humanity, Holiness, and a Trinitarian Theology of Prayer "Prayer is participation in the Trinity. In this participation is societal redemption and not merely a spiritual agenda. Prayer as participation in the God who breaks forth is also the essence of what a holy life means. It is this holy habituation in which humanity truly becomes human." ( QUODLIBET ) TWELVE AFFIRMATIONS OF THE CANCER CONQUEROR by Paschal Baute WHAT IS A PSYCHOLOGICALLY HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY? by Paschal Baute Origen on Prayer Prayer by James A. Fowler The Pains of our Vulnerability the Lessons that Follow by Dr Francis Macnab Rethinking the Meaning of Prayer by J. S. Spong The Uncertainty of Life by J. S. Spong Prayer by Andrew Murray All Powerful Plea by Andrew Murray "The place and power of prayer in the Christian life" Chapter 4: The Personal Savior from "Beyond Born Again" by former evangelical Robert Price. A critique on misleading claims regarding Christian spiritual life and prayer. "Everyday relationships between individuals depend upon conversational interaction available by sense impression. Conversations may be carried on at long distances and with time intervals (say, by letter or telephone), but there must be such interaction. Is Jesus available in this way? Obviously not. When a Born Again Christian claims that "I speak to him in prayer; he speaks to me through the words of the Bible," this is really metaphorical and does not satisfy the requirement". Price claims that the experience of God "could more accurately be communicated with a phrase like "I know God through Jesus Christ." This phrase, unlike the phrase, "I have a personal relationship with Christ," has a solid exegetical foundation in the New Testament"... On the Possibility of an Immediate of Experience of God "Is immediate, pre-reflective experience of God possible? There is no question that humanity possesses a religious impulse that goes to the very heart of what it is to be human. But what is it that motivates our belief in a realm of reality beyond that available to sense perception?" ( QUODLIBET ) Spiritual Growth Through Worship "How often our assessment of acts of worship is just a critical analysis of what was said, how long it lasted, who led, whether or not the music was to our liking, debates about the building and seating arrangements." ( QUODLIBET )
EASTERN ORTHODOX WRITINGS	WRITINGS ON SPIRITUALITY
The Truth of Orthodoxy, by Nicholas Berdyaev  On Line Library of Greek Orthodox Church Esoteric Byzantine Christianity Esoteric Father Lev Gillet, The Monk in the City, a Pilgrim in many worlds  The Glory of God Hidden in His Creatures by CLÉMENT OLIVIER L.  Orthodox Christianity in the British Isles An Orthodox Evaluation of Certain Teachings in the Writings of John Scotus Eriugena in Light of the Theology of St Gregory Palamas, by Deacon Geoffrey Ready John Scotus Eriugena The Division Of Nature (Periphyseon in Part). Gregory of Nyssa Home Page  The concept of Apokatastasis or the Restoration of All Things in Jesus Christ according to Gregory of Nyssa Maximos Confessor on the Infinity Of Man by Panayiotis Christou  Apokatastasis in Iconography "The Pantocrator,  the Cosmic Christ" A New Vision for Eastern Orthodoxy? by Yishai Eldar and Thomas Idinopulos "If Eastern Orthodoxy’s patriarch of Constantinople and the Greek patriarch of Jerusalem can convince their fellow Eastern Orthodox that they belong together with Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Muslims in one family of faiths fathered by the God of Abraham, they will have awakened a church more that 500 years dormant" THE RIVER OF FIRE by Dr. Alexandre Kalomiros	Forgiveness Is Good For Your Health Psychological studies are showing that it is better to forgive than to be forgiven. The 7 Principles of Freedom by Timothy Schoorel The Perennial Tradition "The Lord . . . allowed us to communicate of those divine Mysteries, and of that holy light, to those who are able to receive them. He did not certainly disclose to the many what did not belong to the many; but to the few to whom He knew that they belonged, who were capable of receiving and being moulded according to them. But secret things are entrusted to speech, not to writing, as is the case with God (Clement of Alexandria died 220 C.E)" What is "Spirituality"?    Bede Griffiths, Man, Monk, Mystic   Articles by NAMASTE Comparative Study of Religions A Theological Necessity by Ivan Strenski. "Without gaining a comparative world perspective, Christian theology can neither fully know its own strengths nor strengthen its weaknesses. Indeed, it cannot know itself. It is thus for its own sake that Christian theology needs to be grounded in the comparative study of religions" Finding a Place for Emotions by Gregory S. Clapper, "The theologian must see that the emotions have definite implications for the Christian life and that the Christian story has important implications for the affectional life" Needed: A Continuing Sexual Revolution by James B. Nelson. The church continues to be silent, timid and negative about sexuality. Teen-age Sexuality and Public Morality by Allen J. Moore.  The church needs to help teen-agers become more aware of the social and ethical consequences of sexual activities. Sexual practices can never be examined and understood independently of other social factors. Sexual behaviour is intertwined with issues of education, economics, politics, national security and employment.
Fundamentalism/Bibliolatry	Violence/War/Pacifism
Why Fundamentalism is Wrong Scott Bidstrup, talks about the logical errors of fundamentalist religion, Christian and otherwise... Concerning False Prophets and the Abuse of Revelation by Thomas Talbott  12 Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse by Rev. Dr. Rembert Truluck The Battle for Your Mind by Dick Sutphen Christianity is NOT a Book-religion by James A. Fowler  Paul and "Working for a Living" by Paul Rohde. Examining passages from Paul's Epistles, Paul Rohde questions the validity of what might be called "the Protestant work ethic." Hell Is Leaving the Bible "Forever" by Gary Amirault. Contains a Chart showing many Bible translations which DO NOT contain the concept of a Hell of everlasting punishment and many scriptural proofs that words like "eternity," "forever and ever," "everlasting" in various leading Bible translations are simply gross errors. Biblical Perspectives on Homosexuality by Walter Wink. There is no biblical sex ethic. The Bible knows only a love ethic, which is constantly being brought to bear on whatever sexual mores are dominant in a given country, culture or period. Despite ones revulsion against homosexuality, nevertheless, it appears, for some persons, to be the only natural form their sexuality takes. A Christian Looks At the Religious Right by Dr. Don Wilkey The Virgin Mary is No Wonder Woman by John Shelby Spong. Bishop Spong recounts the "Mary story," and concludes that she was both de-sexed and de-humanized by a condescending and patriarchal hierarchy. The clear message was that both the body and the sexuality of a woman were evil. The ideal woman was not a flesh and blood woman, but sweet, passive, docile, compliant, obedient, virginal, and unreal, And the Christian Church today is still one of the most sexist institutions in Western civilization.   Eve, Malignant Or Maligned?  by Mary Phil Korsak "There was no sin in the Garden. Through eating the forbidden fruit, Eve became life's channel-bringing within the sphere of the human all that, for good and for ill, life represents. Biblical interpretation has often connected Eve's transgression with sin and death. In the second century B.C.E., Ben Sirach commented: From a woman sin had its beginning and because of her we all die" (Sir. 25:24). From Paul onward, Christian theology has enlarged on this theme: "Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor" (1 Tim. 2:14) and the accusations aimed at a malignant Eve have not stopped since...." Who is Christ for Us? and The Bible and Homosexuality byJohn Shelby Spong Liberals Like Christ by Ray Dubuque. People who imagine that Jesus of Nazareth is, was, or ever would be a "Conservative", need to take another hard look at the GOSPELS, which portray Jesus as one of the most Liberal religious leaders who ever lived.  Jesus was a preacher who, in three short years, so infuriated the conservative leaders of his day,  ( because he constantly exposed their misuse of their religious AND POLITICAL authority over the people ),  that they had him killed... Nine Ways Not to Talk about God Raimon Panikkar The Book of Hebrews, the Cross, and Discipleship by Andrew Baker Examines the Book of Hebrews and shows that this book does not support penal atonement theories in which God required the death of Jesus to pay a penalty for the sins of human kind. It shows, instead, that God does not desire death, certainly not Jesus' death, but "to do His will." Is Paul the Father of Misogyny and Antisemitism? by Pamela Eisenbaum (Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins at the Iliff School of Theology) "I have a passionate interest in the apostle Paul. Many people think this passion is unusual because I am a Jew not a Christian. What's more, I like to think of myself as a feminist. What's a nice Jewish feminist doing studying the apostle Paul? After all, from a Jewish perspective, Paul is a heretic who had a demented view of Judaism. From a feminist perspective, Paul is an ally of Christian conservatives who wish to keep women in a subordinate position to men..." Sexual and Family Violence: A Growing Issue for the Churches by Lois Gehr Livezey. It is time to break the silence on sexual and family abuse -- a silence that still haunts churches and schools of theological education even as these very issues are front-page news. Our silence will not protect us; it is life-threatening, and it is unfaithful to our commission.	Paper: Eliminating democide and war through an alliance of democracies What Should Be Done About Democide, Violence, and War? Democratic freedom is a method of nonviolence and engine of wealth and prosperity. The most practical and effective way to improve human security, promote nonviolence, and eliminate war, therefore, is to promote freedom and associated human rights… The Horrors of the Twentieth Century: Evil Done with the Best of Intentions A Practical Christian Pacifism by David A. Hoekema Practical pacifism deserves more serious consideration than it has received in Christian circles, especially since the major alternative to pacifism in Christian ethics, the just-war tradition, has significant deficiencies Dehumanizing People & Euphemizing War  by Haig Bosmajian. "The euphemisms of war must be exposed for what they are -- words and phrases that fool us into accepting the unacceptable. Dehumanizing the “enemy” and euphemizing the weapons of war and war itself is a deadly combination that, unfortunately, has historically been successful in defending the indefensible" The Wrong Response Stephen Carson on the war and Holy Scripture. War, What Is It Good For? Gene Callahan refutes the killer-cons. Was Jesus a Pacifist? Bob Murphy says yes. I recommend the hope-filled, no-nonsense article by W. Krossa: "It Gets Much Better" "The futility of war" by John Chuckman ( yellow times ) War and Peace,2002 Rev. Terry Burke ( The First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist ) Pacifism Andy Power Phil Berrigan  Not just a priest, prisoner, and protester, but a man who lived what he believed. Majorities & Minorities, and other essays by Errico Malatesta Violence of Absolutes: Truth, God, Nonviolence and Other Idols by Jarrod Saul McKenna. Activists run the risk of becoming simular in their worldviews to that of Bush or Bin Laden when holding uncritically to constructs or frameworks. Australian Peace Activist, Artist and Youth Pastor Jarrod Saul McKenna reflects on his experiences while protesting at the U.S. military base in outback Australia. The Case Against War by Robert Fisk  Freedom solves the problem of war Thou Shalt Not Kill: Understanding Religious Wars by Morris Sullivan It seems contradictory that religion should provide the source for so much conflict. Maybe it's about more than just ideology... Freedom Proposition  The more libertarian a state, the less it tends to be involved in violence The Universe Is A Green Dragon by Brian Swimme Reading the meaning in the cosmic story ( with some interesting insights on the nature of violence ) source: IN CONTEXT The Human Story by Robert Gilman (Read it!) The big picture suggests we're starting a new chapter. R. Gilman Ph.D. is the Founding Editor of IN CONTEXT. Freedom, Democracy, Peace; Power, Democide, and War "War isn't this century's biggest killer" UN:  The International Bill of Human Rights UN:  Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace The Parousia "Some refer to it as the 'Second Coming.' Among scholars it is known as the 'parousia', the time when Christ will come again to the Earth in glory to judge the living and the dead. The earliest Christian writings, evangelism, and ecclesiastical structure reveal that this event was expected to occur within the first generation of Christians. As the years passed, however, some began to realize that the parousia was not going to occur as soon as expected. At the turn of the first century, the Church began to undergo some radical changes in order to adapt to this new situation. What was it like before? What was it like after? War vs Peace (includes several official statements by various religious leaders against war)   "Toward Better Concepts Of Peace" by Milton Rinehart "McDonald's or Democracy: What Builds World Peace?"
Money/Capitalism	Equality/Freedom/Social Justice
Economic Means To Freedom (Terra Libra) Love Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil    The Millionaire Reports (Terra Libra) Vulture Capitalism By Norman D. Livergood The decline and fall of work  του Raoul Vaneigem "It's all about greed, greed, and more greed" By Raff Ellis The Revolution of Everyday Life by Raoul Vaneigem A Buddhist-Christian Critique of Neo-Liberal Economics by John B. Cobb, Jr. It is incumbent on those of us who are in position to influence the thinking of faithful people to make clear that the neo-liberal economic thought that informs most current top-down development, riding roughshod over communities, and reshaping the lives and thinking of hundreds of millions of people, is based on assumptions that are antithetical to ours. We should articulately and unequivocally withdraw moral support from these practices. The Tithe is Illegal - By Gary Amirault The Evil of Usury ( New Dawn Magazine ) This article shows how the whole money system is rigged in favour of the banks. Crash Goes Australia  ( New Dawn Magazine ) Franchised Religion by James A. Fowler  Is God For Sale? by James A. Fowler Myths about economics:    The rich get rich because of their merit. The U.S. has the world's highest standard of living. People on welfare are lazy and stupid bums. People on welfare should just find jobs. ,...	Healing Our World by Mary Ruwart ''Security versus freedom'' By Lance Broughton How to Achieve and Increase Personal Power Extropian Principles by Max More How to Discover Your Freedom Why I'm a Libertarian Mack Tanner A Citizen Agenda to Tame Corporate Power, Reclaim Citizen Sovereignty, and Restore Economic Sanity. Jesus and Liberation Theology by Robert T. Osborn Liberation theology not only promises liberation of the oppressed, the poor and the marginals of society, but even liberation from the limited dreams of the oppressed for the eternal vision and dream of God, his own promised kingdom. The Abolition of Work Bob Black How Ethical Is The Work 'Ethic'? Feminist Theology in a Global Perspective by Susan Hill Lindley Feminist theology’s call to other liberation theologies is for them to take seriously the oppression of all women -- especially the double oppression of poor, minority and Third World women. In Christ there is neither…male nor female….all persons are created in the image of God and therefore have a right to develop their full potentials of personhood. The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant by Nick Bostrom - an actual fable with an actual moral In Defense of Posthuman Dignity by Nick Bostrom FreeChristians Feature Articles: Society & Politics Proclaiming liberation of the oppressed & the poor.
Honest History of Church	Quality writings of Church Fathers
Universalism in the First Five Hundred Years of the Christian Church  "A well-referenced full length book by Dr. John Wesley Hanson proving that the message of Universalism, that Jesus Christ was the Savior of the entire world, was the majority view of the early Church and its leaders" (Tentmaker) Not a Threat: The Contributions of Christianity to Western Society By Rick Wade Myth: There is no war between science and Christianity. Fact: The Church has persecuted or opposed almost every great scientist of the last 500 years By Korpios The Church's War on the Cathars On the 21st of July 1209, an army of some 30,000 knights and foot soldiers descended on Languedoc, the mountainous stronghold of the Cathars. In the ensuing war a mass extermination occurred on so terrible a scale that it may well constitute the first case of genocide in modern European history. Eric Wynants looks at this suppressed history. So Many Christian Atrocities The Spanish Inquisition Martin Luther - Hitler's Spiritual Ancestor - by Peter F. Wiener. Many of the Reformers were NOT the saints much of Protestant Church History paints them as. This work revelas some of the dark side of the leading Protestant Reformer. A HTML version of Philip Schaff's 8-volume History of the Christian Church Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire formatted by Philip Atkinson, html version Fox's Book of Martyrs Dictionary of Western Theology A brief catalogue of Christian persecutions against the Hellenes by Vlassis G. Rassias The Early Christian View of the Savior "Many Orthodox scholars acknowledge that the early Church did NOT primarily believe in Hell, but believed in the salvation of all mankind. They termed their belief in Greek "apocatastasis," that is, the restoration of all things back to God. This work by Gary Amirault quotes some of those Orthodox historians as well as some of the early church leaders who taught universalism though Jesus Christ"	The writings of the  Early Church Fathers  Early Christian Fathers by Cyril C. Richardson. Digital facsimile edition Gregory of Nyssa, Against Those Who Practice Usury: Introduction and Text Volume V. ( CCEL ) Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic Treatises; Select Writings and Letters  Dionysius, the Pseudo-Areopagite (b.c.500) Dionysius the Areopagite: On the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology Mystical Theology  Origen (c. 185-c. 254) Origen on Prayer Fenelon's Maxims of the Saints (CCEL) Theosophy Library Online Great Teacher Series - Gregory Palamas "In a word, we must seek a God in whom we can participate in one way or another, so that by participating, each of us, in the manner proper to each and by the analogy of participation, may receive being, life and deification"
Classics	Quality Christian writings (modern)
Christian Classics Ethereal Library  "There is enough good reading material here to last you a lifetime, if you give each work the time it deserves!" Philologos Religious Online Books THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim In Vino Veritas (The Banquet), by Soren Kierkegaard. Digitized by Joseph Perry The Escape From God by Paul Tilich "Men of all kinds, prophets and reformers, saints and atheists, believers and unbelievers, have tried to escape God. It is safe to say that a man who has never tried to flee God has never experienced the God Who is really God. When I speak of God, I do not refer to the many gods of our own making, the gods with whom we can Live rather comfortably. For there is no reason to flee a god who is the perfect picture of everything that is good in man.. A god whom we can easily bear, a god from whom we do not have to hide, a god whom we do not hate in moments, a god whose destruction we never desire, is not God at all, and has no reality"  The New Being by Paul Tillich (ENTIRE BOOK) In these twenty-two sermons Dr. Tillich has translated into lay language the insights of his theological thoughts and has developed a most effective way of re-expressing, in terms which will be immediately grasped by present-day congregations, the basic human experiences to which the Biblical and ecclesiastical terminology point.  The Future of Mankind by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (ENTIRE BOOK) Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a Jesuit priest, paleontologist and Christian mystic. This collection of his essays reveals his concepts of "social heredity" and progress, "the planetization of mankind," and the Noosphere -- a biological interpretation of human history. Teilhard was prevented by the church from publishing his work while he remained alive. Jesus and the Word by Rudolf Bultmann (ENTIRE BOOK) An historical presentation of the teachings of Jesus in the setting of the thought of his own time. There is here a summary of Bultmann's controversial method of Biblical interpretation, which tries to recover the deeper meaning behind the mythological concepts of the New Testament. The Sickness Unto Death by Søren Kierkegaard (ENTIRE BOOK) A classic written by one of the nineteenth century's greatest theologians. Christian must think dauntlessly about everything both earthly and worldly, including death and its relation to living an authentic life The Origin and History of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment  An excellent well-documented full-length book by Thomas Thayer, that the teaching of Hell and Everlasting Punishment was added to Christianity centuries after Jesus walked this earth ( Tentmaker ministries ) "The God of All Comfort" by Hannah Whitall Smith ( Source: Tentmaker ) MacDonald, George (1824-1905) Unspoken Sermons   Unspoken Sermons Series One  Unspoken Sermons Second Series  Unspoken Sermons Third Series Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) & Complete Philosophical and Theological Treatises of Nicholas of Cusa  LECTURE SIX: Rudolf Bultmann  (1884-1976)	Wisdom Christianity Articles and Reviews by Bruno Barnhart This Hebrew Lord by John Shelby Spong (ENTIRE BOOK) This book is the story of a struggle that was both personal and theological in which Bishop Spong proposes to translate the power in Jesus of Nazareth into the categories of our day. Christianity is not Religion by James A. Fowler Radicals Miss the Point about God Keith Ward ( Source: Sea of Faith ) All You Really Need is Love Don Cupitt  Beyond Theism by J.S.Spong Reforming Christian Anthropology  J.S.Spong The Jericho Thought Experiment A. Moore The Scandal of Joshua Ben Adam by R. Brinsmead ( essential reading )   The Jewish Understanding of Scripture Emmanuel Levinas  Spiritual Life and the Survival of Christianity Louis Dupré What Is Religion? Thomas A. Idinopulos (Professor of Religion at Miami University of Ohio) Tuning Hebrew Psalms to Reggae Rhythms: Rastas' Revolutionary Lamentations for Social Change Nathaniel Samuel Murrell Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the "Death of God" by Paul Rohde Using Bonhoeffer's prison letters Paul Rohde asks where God is in our world. Online Journal of Christian Theology & Philosophy Just for Laughs A short lesson in advanced Christology Who said theologians don't have a sense of humour?
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