Breaking Bad: Why Society Still Needs “Sin” Language
Like a lot of folks, I’m hooked on “Breaking Bad”– the drama about Walter White, a middle-aged high school chemistry teacher turned meth manufacturer. When Walt learned he had a severe case of lung...
View ArticleA Thanksgiving Prayer from Kierkegaard
“Father in heaven! You hold all the good gifts in your gentle hand. Your abundance is richer than can be grasped by human understanding. You are very willing to give, and your goodness is beyond the...
View ArticleKierkegaard and Evangelicalism at the American Academy of Religion
Like numerous other religion and theology scholars, I’m preparing for the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature conference, which starts tomorrow. I won’t be there till...
View ArticleKierkegaard on the Atonement: A Reflection for Maundy Thursday
In Practice in Christianity, Kierkegaard writes this: Let us look at him and his life; let us speak altogether humanly about it; he was, after all, truly human. He began his life in lowliness, led his...
View ArticleKierkegaard and the Modern Theology Cocktail Party
Tomorrow I make my way to Copenhagen to participate in a conference at the University of Copenhagen’s Kierkegaard Research Centre. The conference is titled: “Kierkegaard Sources and Reception: The...
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