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C Wess Daniels
Wess is the William R. Rogers Director of Friends Center and Quaker Studies at Guilford College. He is a recorded Quaker minister engaged in renewal, resisting empire, and liberation theology.
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FAQs: What Are Some Good Books on Biblical Hermenuetics?
This two part article has been contributed by Dr. Chris Spinks. I’ve broken up the question and post into two portions. I’ve been asked to contribute to the “ask a theologian” series.
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FAQs of a Theologian Revised
It’s only been a week since I did my first Q & A here, but the response was great and everyone
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The Daily Scribe Project Has Re-Opened
UPDATE:10.24 There have been a number of issues that came up over the future of the Daily Scribe, a religious
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Daily Scribe Jamboree October 20, 2006
Here are some posts from around the religious globe of the Daily Scribe. * Mike from Thoughts on Spirituality, Liturgy and Religion points
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FAQs of a Theologian: Can you explain to me what prayer means to a christian?
I’ve had for sometime the idea to write posts based on questions I am asked via email or questions that people ask google and somehow land on my site. In fact I’ve
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Training Violent Behaviors: Media and the Message of Desensitization
I had the opportunity to read a fascinating and very thought provoking book this past week called, “Transforming the Powers: Peace, Justice and the Domination System.” The basic idea of the book is taken
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Alasdair Macintyre On Rights and Protest: Are We Just Talking To Ourselves?
In keeping with the conversation at bay, MacIntyre’s words on protest are fitting. In his seminal work “After Virtue” he focuses on arguing how and why the “Enlightenment project” failed. Essentially it is
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The Yes and No of Protest: When Symbols Don’t Align With Our Reality
Much gets said about protest, some people like protesting and fill their lives with it, some have extremely negative feelings and argue it’s a waste of time and something Christians should not do.
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Daily Scribe Jamboree October 6, 2006
Here we find ourselves finally in October, my favorite month of the year (mainly for selfish reasons). Some good things about October
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An Iraq Exit Strategy Some Ideas On How to Leave From Jim Wallis
While at the politics and spirituality conference we got to hear Wallis, Richard Rohr and Anne Lamott speak. They were also given
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Finding the Right Bike for Your Commute
I mentioned earlier that I recently bought a new [used] bike and I debated on whether to say anything about it here, I wasn’t really sure anyone would care. But because I love
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I Finally Got My NRSV Pocket Bible
Evangelicals like there bibles, and in this way I am absolutely no different than any of my other evangelical brothers and sisters.
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An Ordinary Revolution You Probably Shouldn’t Miss
I just finished Shane Claiborne’s Irresistible Revolution,” which is the first assignment for the class I am teacher’s aid for and I thought it was a fantastic read. In fact, if you’
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A Quarter With Alasdair MacIntyre
Yesterday I started class. Now it’s official, I have been a doctoral student for 1 day, and at the moment I am still pretty excited about this new adventure (and also unsure, I
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How to Setup Your Blog (WordPress) For Students
This was cross-posted over on Ryan Bolger’s class blog, which I wanted to announce anyway. If you’re interested in seeing what we’ll be up to this quarter jump on over