Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
In this year of presidential elections, I have decided to summarize key values that guide me as I decide for whom to cast my vote. There are three basic elements of choosing a candidate for public office responsibly: 1. Values we hope the candidate will stand for and...
Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
In the final act of an official relationship that's come to be marked by an exceptional degree of mutual respect, even personal closeness, for the first time a Vatican Synod was addressed earlier today by the archbishop of Canterbury as – on the eve of...
Oct 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
It was inevitable that I encounter Simone Weil. Our souls were intended to meet, despite our separation of time and place. In fact, regardless of our not ever meeting face to face, Simone and I found each other through the experiences and lives of many others who have...
Sep 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
A MYSTICAL THREAD: THE SHEKINAH TRADITION IN THE TRINITARIAN THEOLOGY OF JÜRGEN MOLTMANN by Adam Arn Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, in his book entitled Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald...
Sep 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have argued elsewhere that the Church Fathers’ understanding of the atonement was rooted in a model of restorative justice, rather than retributive justice.1 Recently, Garry Williams has written a rebuttal of my article, entitled ‘Penal Substitution and the Church...
