Clark Pinnock and Political Theology: A Test Case by Ron Dart
"Clark H. Pinnock is one of theworld’s best-known and most creative and controversial theologians… Since the 1970s Pinnock has pioneered a now widespread school of Christian thought called “open” or “free-will” theism." —Barry Callen, Clark H. Pinnock:...
Corporatism or Commonweal by Archbishop Lazar Puhalo
The concept of the “common good” is one that has fallen out of favour in recent years. Over the past two decades, it has become increasingly common to dismiss the notion that we all share an interest in the broader community, that society is more than simply a...
C.S. Lewis: the Culture Wars by Ron Dart
“You will find this again and again about anything that is really Christian: every one is attracted by bits of it and wants to pick out those bits and leave the rest. That is why we do not get much further: and that is why people who are fighting for quite opposite...
Clark Pinnock: Canadian Theologian of the Empire
Clark Pinnock is, probably, one of the most important and one of the most controversial Canadian evangelical theologians. Pinnock’s early years (1960s) as a theologian were fairly conventional. Many evangelicals were walking the extra mile at this period of time to...
Thomas Merton and Alan Watts: Contemplative Catholic and Oriental Anarchist by Ron Dart
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) and Alan Watts (1915-1973) are often seen as two of the more important Western religious thinkers who called the frenetic West back to a deeper and more contemplative way of being. Both men emerged from the Christian Tradition, both men...
The Dear Hunter by Brita Miko
Dear Father God, we ask that you would feed Your children. We ask not for tater tots, but that you would give us meat right off the bones. We pray it would be so succulent that juices would run down our chins. Help us to taste and see you and that you're good -...
Throw a Party for the Poor by Ken Deeks
What does compassion for the poor have to do with worship? When Moses preached a sermon on worship, he covered expected themes: worship requires gathering together, focussing on the living God, holy living, tithing, and structure through feasts and holy days...
Justice and Spirituality: the Vision of the Beatitudes by Ron Dart
"I concentrated on the Sermon on the Mount. It was startling to me that I could not recall a sermon ever preached on this manifesto of Christ’s new social order in my church when I was growing up. I vaguely remembered some talk about the Sermon on the Mount not...
War of the Worlds by Kevin Miller
How do we respond to evil? How should we respond to evil? Those are the main questions raised by War of the Worlds, Steven Spielberg’s take on H. G. Wells’ classic tale of invaders from outer space. And nothing could be more evil than the creatures represented in this...
Constantine by Kevin Miller
Perhaps I was reading too much into the symbolic language of this film, but when the opening shot featured two squatters scrabbling around in the dusty ruins of a Mexican church, I had a feeling institutional Christianity was in for a rough ride. That feeling...