March 18, 2011
March 17, 2011
The Rich Young Man: The Law Versus Privilege
March 11, 2011
Religion & Liberty: An Interview with Thomas C. Oden
Religion & Liberty’s winter issue featuring an interview with patristics scholar Thomas C. Oden is now available online. Oden, who is a Methodist, recalls for us the great quote by Methodist founder John Wesley on the Church Fathers: “The Fathers are the most authentic commentators on Scripture, for they were nearest the fountain and were eminently endued with that Spirit by whom all Scripture was given.” Continue Reading...
March 09, 2011
Does your 401K make you an idolator?
Here’s today’s offering from Jim Wallis’ Rediscovering Values for Lent on the Sojourners website:
Today, instead of statues, we have hedge funds, mortgage-backed securities, 401(k)s, and mutual funds. We place blind faith in the hope that the stock indexes will just keep rising and real estate prices keep climbing. Continue Reading...
March 08, 2011
Review: Defending Constantine
We’ll have the Winter 2011 issue of Religion & Liberty online later this week and you won’t want to miss it. Subscribe here. We’re previewing the issue on the PowerBlog with a book review that, because of space limitations, had to be shortened. Continue Reading...
March 08, 2011
Budgets, the Church, and the Welfare State
March 07, 2011
Shane Claiborne’s Budget Babbling
March 04, 2011
Jesus as Budget Director?
March 03, 2011
Initial Thoughts on ‘A Call for Intergenerational Justice’
February 25, 2011