Originally posted on Jesus and the Ancient Paths:
Two of Robert Louis Wilken’s wonderful books blessed me a few years ago (The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God and The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity). For another project recently, I’ve sat down to read two earlier works by…
It seems that most people these days are willing to criticize the USA yet at the same time there are many who forcefully maintain that despite its flaws the USA and the Western system represents the best hope for humanity…. that we must support the Empire because every other alternative is worse…. that there is … More Dare To Invent The Future
Originally posted on THE HEARTLAND TRADITIONALIST:
On September 11th 1990, during the ongoing disintegration of the Soviet Union, then US President George Herbert Walker Bush announced the arrival of a “New World Order”. Much ink has been spilt and many-a-video has been made about this phrase by those whose tinfoil hat is fastened around their…
The world is changing fast. Old world orders are crumbling and new ones are rising up. If you happen to live within the borders of former or current colonial powers then the narrative that you are being programmed to believe is very far from the truth. In other words, if you live in “the West” … More New World Rising
In defending human freedom traditional theology assumes that we are able to reject God ultimately and irreversibly. This assumption is one of the foundations of the doctrine on the actual possibility of eternal damnation and the real existence of hell. But the question arises whether human freedom can indeed persist in an everlasting state of […] … More “Whoever denies the freedom of coming out from the existential state of Gehenna believes in fact in the ultimate victory of evil over at least a part of God’s creatures” — Eclectic Orthodoxy
44 letters, 3 words, 1 revolutionary idea. This idea is one that is riddled throughout the Hebrew Bible and in the New testament scriptures as well. This idea is provocative, scandalous, ancient, and will shake you right down to your very core once you see it. It may get you called a heretic, excluded from…
Originally posted on Mimetic Margins:
The goal of the following video essay is to highlight the difference between Joseph Campbell’s reading of myths and René Girard’s reading of myths, as well as their different understanding of the Gospel. Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) is inspired by Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), among others. He understands the Gospel as…
Part Two: The violent origins of man-made religion Scientists tell us that the exact point when humans became “religious” is unknown, but traces back to sometime in the Paleolithic era between 45,000 to 200,000 years ago, with the earliest evidence being ritualistic burying of the dead. Such practices represent “an awareness of life and death … More What Is God Like? Part Two
Part One: Why is it important to know the true nature and character of God? Back in 1882 atheist philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously declared that “God is dead.” Ever since then the gate-keepers of Christian orthodoxy have been caught up in a never-ending philosophical debate trying to prove God’s existence. Today there are many well-known … More What Is God Like? Part One
Originally posted on Reforming Hell:
Fire is an important image in the Bible about God’s presence. God appeared in a burning bush to Moses, in flames over Mount Senai, and in a pillar of fire over the tabernacle. And so the flames at Pentecost: this is the marking out of temple space—places where heaven and…
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