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The Blessing
We’ve just returned from the Denver meetings of the American Academy of Religion – more specifically the subfield that Jerry founded: Theology Without Walls. It was founded in recognition of the current, unprecedented openness of communication in our world. It … Continue reading →
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Betrayal
Betrayal Jerry and I have been attending the American Academy of Religion (AAR) meetings in Boston this weekend. That’s the venue at which Jerry continues his guiding activities in the subfield of “Theology Without Walls,” which he introduced at the … Continue reading →
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Tagged AAR, Abigail L. Rosenthal's "A Good Look at Evil", Abigail L. Rosenthal's "Confessions of a Young Philosopher", academic conferences, academic panels, American Academy of Religion, bad news, betrayal, betraying one's origins, Boston, Boston conventions, Confessions of a Young Philosopher, cultural absolutes, cultural appropriation, cultural borrowing, culture as the matrix, discomforts of flying, epiphany, expanding boundaries, expanding identity, globalism, God's character, hotel inconveniences, human experience, hybrid cultures, infidelity, inspiration, judgment calls, lost suitcase, loyalty to origins, minor disasters, multi-culturalism, personal choice and culture, personal integrity, philosophers, philosophy, politics of ideas, politics of religion, power relations, religious identity, risks to identity, risky choices, selling out, spiritual experience, the Divine dimension, the language of power, theologians, theological remedies, theology, Theology Without Walls, tradition, trial and error, TWW, TWW project, war by other means, what's at stake, whoring after strange gods
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