MRBlog | Is Hillary Clinton a Heretic?
By Thomas J. Whitley Hillary Clinton is a heretic. Or, at least this is what CNN’s Religion Editor Daniel Burke would have
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theology
The Priority of the Political: Politics Determines the Possibilities of Islam – by Mohammad H. Fadel
The second essay in a forum on Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam? Chapter 2 of “What is Islam?” is primarily a deconstructive project
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Renewing the Heart of Systematic Theology – By Brad East
Brad East on Katherine Sonderegger’s Systematic Theology, vol. 1 Academics love stories of decline, especially about themselves. But academic theologians may love them
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MRBlog | DISPATCHES. NEH Summer Institute on Problems in the Study of Religion (pt. 3) by Sarah E. Rollens
By Sarah E. Rollens On July 17, the NEH Summer Institute on Problems in the Study of Religion at UVa wrapped up. I
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The Death of God, Again by Ed Simon
The fullest affirmation of God comes in His denial. A young, attractive blonde woman with a fashionable pixie haircut sits anxiously in the
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Modernity and Mineness – By Andrew Dole
Andrew Dole on Kevin Hector’s Theological Project of Modernism My life revolves around a variety of projects. Some are mostly under my control:
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First Impressions #78: Benjamin Sommer on Revelation and Authority in Judaism
Can the religious texts and traditions of Judaism be authoritative and sacred while also being human and sometimes fallible? Joseph Ryan Kelly talks
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God’s Recovery – By Gregory W. Lee
Gregory W. Lee on Khaled Anatolios’ Retrieving Nicaea Debates regarding the doctrine of the Trinity are often presented as a classic example of
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MRBlog | Obama, Grace, and Theology in Action
By Thomas J. Whitley President Obama did not simply deliver the eulogy at Reverend and SC State Senator Clementa Pinckney’s funeral service. President
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MRBlog | Evangelicals and the LGBTQ Question: What’s Really Going On?
By Greg Carey Recently we’ve seen one evangelical leader after another extend a full welcome to LGBTQ folk in the church’s life
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