Jan 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
A Primer in Hermeneutics (13) Conversion – Exerpt from his Facebook series To view the whole series, find it at the CWR FaceBook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/280993567558/ Thus we come to the final stage in our thinking about hermeneutics from the...
Jan 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Preston, Andrew. Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American war and diplomacy. New York. Toronto: Alfred Knopf, 2012. Andrew Preston has written an informative book on an unusual topic: religion and politics. It is long and detailed; 600 plus...
Jan 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
From Hardin's "A Primer on Hermeneutics (11)"“Revelation is a gain to language.” – Karl BarthThere are two points I would like to make today. First is that cross is central to this hermeneutic, it is not simply an add-on or a meaningless event. The...
Jan 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Claims are often made about the text of the bible that the text never makes about itself. These claims are usually dressed up with the titles infallible, inerrant, or inspired. All too often, the attempt at dealing with these topics is something of a minefield, filled...
Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
“Who sacrifices what to whom?” What is meant by ‘Sacrifice’ in the Divine Liturgy? (condensed transcript of Orientale Lumine Lecture (June 2000, Washington DC – viewable at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYuTmEdbpZ4). Three phrases from the Divine...
Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Editor's Note: Bethany Swallow is a high school teacher in Abbotsford, BC. She and her husband, Derek, recently returned from Tanzania, where she taught in an international school and he was working with CIDA in the area of development. The following response was...
