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Monthly Archives: May 2013
WCC-Pentecostal Dialogue on the Church
There’s some good stuff on ecumenical methodology in this report on discussion between the World Council of Churches and the Pentecostal churches which occurred over the past five years. The actual report is a PDF file that is very clearly … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology, Ecumenism
Tagged ecumenical dialogue, marks of the church, methodology, Pentecostal, WCC
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Reflections on Gustafson’s Treasure in Earthen Vessels
Gustafson, J.M. Treasure in Earthen Vessels: the Church as a Human Community. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press. 2009. (This little book was first published in 1961, but has languished for most of the past fifty years, while model-based ecclesiologies dominated … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology
Tagged god of the gaps, gustafson, institutional church, koinonia, thesis
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Happy Pentecost!
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place… …and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit! and began speaking in other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability. Happy Pentecost, everyone! I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Liturgical year, Liturgy, Music
Tagged church music, dance, diversity, liturgical music, pentecost, spirituals
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Notes on L. Gregory Jones’ Beliefs, Desires, Practices, and the Ends of Theological Education
Jones, L. Gregory. “Beliefs, Desires, Practices, and the Ends of Theological Education.” in Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life. eds. Miroslav Volf and Dorothy C. Bass. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 2002. L. Gregory Jones argues convincingly from biblical and … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology, Theological anthropology
Tagged christian life, church and world, education, l. gregory jones, mimetic, practice, thesis
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Reflections on Serene Jones’ Graced Practices: Excellence and Freedom in Christian Life
Jones, Serene. “Graced Practices: Excellence and Freedom in Christian Life.” in Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life. eds. Miroslav Volf and Dorothy C. Bass. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 2002. Serene Jones interprets Christian practice in terms of the Reformed … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology, Feminist theology, soteriology
Tagged Alison, identity, jones, justification, mimetic, practice, sanctification, thesis
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Notes on Bedford’s Theological Reflection on Discernment
Bedford, Nancy. “Little Moves Against Destructiveness: Theology and the Practice of Discernment,” in Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life. eds. Miroslav Volf and Dorothy C. Bass. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 2002. Nancy Bedford presents discernment as a practice that … Continue reading
Reflections on Pauw’s Attending to the Gaps between Beliefs and Practices
Pauw, Amy Plantinga. “Attending to the Gaps between Beliefs and Practices.” Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life. eds. Miroslav Volf and Dorothy C. Bass. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 2002. Amy Plantinga Pauw argues for a significant affective element in … Continue reading
Catholic Men* Discuss God, Man, and Atheism
(*and three Catholic women) Given my interest in dialogue with atheists, I was excited to find out about a new blog, Strange Notions, via a story in Vox Nova today. Discussion that engages the theist-atheist boundary is all too often … Continue reading
Cardinal Braz de Aviz’ Remarks on Authority in the Church
Let me start this essay with a sort of dramatis personae: The International Union of Superiors General (IUSG) is an organization consisting of the leadership of all the vowed religions orders of women and men (ie, nuns and monks). The … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Church history, Ecclesiology
Tagged authority, cdf, curia, lcwr, nuns, obedience
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