#theology

Understanding #Trump #tariff policy from the #biblical perspective. #God strives us to live without #fear and #greed. #Christians are the shining light of #hope and #faith. #donaldtrump #tariffs #theology #bible #Jesus

http://rratedreligion.com/2025/04/22/understanding-trumps-tariffs-a-christian-perspective/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

@SANKOFAB

I don't need to look up Liberation Theology; I'm aware of what it is, and I don't fully agree with it (I agree with the liberation part, but not the theological basis of that liberation). I'd rather have my liberation efforts be based on observable and confirmable reality, not religious ideals that can't be proven. #theology #religion #socialism #communism #liberation

I did not expect to see Ars Technica quoting Karl Barth .

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/resist-eggheads-universities-are-not-as-weak-as-they-have-chosen-to-be/
#Barth #KarlBarth #theology #universities #arsTechnica

The Pagan History of Easter: From Ēostre to the Easter Bunny

https://www.dannydutch.com/post/the-pagan-history-of-easter-what-it-was-before-christianity-arrived

#history #religion #mythology #christianity #paganism #easter #ancienthistory #prehistory #anthropology #theology

It's Holy Thursday!
Nice time for a good reading while having an ice tea!

PATRISTIC Bible Study Centuries I to IV The Wisdom of the Ancient Christianism.

[Spanish edition from the infamous CLIE Publishing, Spain 2024]

#HolyWeek2025 #HolyThursday #Bible #ChurchFathers #Theology

Not gonna lie, I'm a loyal cradle #Anglican but I'm also a raging protestant in the model of Cranmer himself so I really struggle with the #Chrism thing. I accept oil-anointing as a Biblical activity but I find no basis for the idea that it must be done with specific, special oil. And yet, I am also persuaded that much (most?) of the Spirit's work is a mystery to us and that my more Catholic brothers and sisters have glimpsed things of God of which I know not.

#MaundyThursday #lent #theology

The picture by discipline is also very interesting...

Religion and Theology scholars take note! OpenAlex has significantly better coverage of OA journals in this area.

(I bet Religion and Theology scholars are already aware that Scopus and Web of Science do not serve them well and I assume they aren't well used in this research community)

#OpenAccess #Religion #Theology

from: Maddi et al (2025) Geographical and disciplinary coverage of open access journals: OpenAlex, Scopus, and WoS.

"Jesus was made irrelevant by pedestalisation. By being kicked _upstairs_"
-- Alan Watts

#Jesus #Theology #AlanWatts

My new post “Difficult Conversations” is now on Substack.
#medicine #theology #science
https://johnpohl602530.substack.com/p/difficult-conversations

"The Los Books Of The Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden"

As I read somewhere, said that those were the books the Fathers of The Church "refused" to include them in the Bible. Simply hilarious. There are lot of reasons why, and all obvious.

However, I'm interested to get those books and study them someday.

#Bible #Apocrypha #Gnostic #Books #Theology #ChurchHistory

I've been spending a few days in Newark, New Jersey with the good folks at the World Communion of Reformed Churches! #ecumenism #communion #Reformed #theology #church

https://wcrc.eu/wcrc-gathers-in-newark/

@theology @religion

Today, we remembers the death of the German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed on this day in 1945 for his active opposition to Nazism. May his courage and his memory never be forgotten. #dietrichbonhoeffer #fascism #nazism #Trump #MAGA #Germany #theology #USA #stupidity #cheapgrace #religion #christianity #christian #ChristianNationalism #philosophy #sociology #psychology #resist #TrumpLies #trumptariffs #decline #usa #jesus

Hungarian theologian Izidor Guzmics, born OTD in 1786, wrote his influential "A keresztényeknek vallásbeli egyesülésekről" or "On Religious Unity among Christians" in 1822 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/hungary/budapest/?s=mb #travel #theology #history

In protestant doctrine, life on Earth seems like a meaningless charade. Its value is infinitesimal compared to that of the afterlife, and whether we end up in Heaven or Hell is already predestined. So why doesn't God just immediately create us in the afterlife?

This question *must* be a commonly discussed one in #theology, but I'm not a theologian and I don't know where to look. Any ideas?

A second reflection I wrote after being at the Hands Off demonstrations yesterday, this time an exploration of what it means to be "blessed"--even when an angry Trump supporter yells at you from his car window.

https://catecheticconverter.com/a-blessed-insult

#Theology #Bible #Jesus #Episcopal #Church #Politics #HandsOff #Hawaii

Was at the #HandsOff demonstrations today in #Honolulu. Was handed this #Trans pride flag, which inspired this little entry:

https://catecheticconverter.com/being-ministered-to

#Theology #Church #Episcopal #Christianity

Can lesbians follow Christ?

Brilliant take on dogmatic bigotry.

https://youtu.be/9lNazw2bGLo?si=l8WXJ88g3SRa5S7V

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
#theology

The “Old Testament God”?

Trans artist Laura Jane Grace asks about God’s phallus.

https://youtu.be/fT0UhhVixCY?si=nx-p3Zqco9weOiaP

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
#theology #judeophobia

Been a few weeks, but here's a new post on the ol' blog (and not the one I accidentally deleted last night!), wherein I use a deeply nerdy Godzilla discussion as a launchpad for a discussion on narrative theology.

https://catecheticconverter.com/let-the-story-speak

#theology #Bible #Jesus #Episcopal #Church #Godzilla