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Are Millennials Lost or Enlightened?

A recent Pew poll shows significant gaps between younger and older Americans. Some of those gaps pertain to ethical issues many consider central to Christian faith.

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A Need for Creative Theology

The latest of edition of the magazine Fast Company features today’s 100 most creative business people. The magazine’s stories of these innovators has me thinking about creativity in Christian theology.

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From Big Tent to Networks

Participating in the recent Big Tent Christianity gathering was an enriching experience. I realized anew how much I share in common with Christians of other traditions, despite our real differences.

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A catholic Spirit for a Big Tent

Yes, I know the “c” in the title is not capitalized. I’m using the lowercase letter, because I’ve been thinking about John Wesley’s sermon on catholic spirit in light of the “Big Tent Christianity” event.

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A catholic Spirit for a Big Tent

Yes, I know the “c” in the title is not capitalized. I’m using the lowercase letter, because I’ve been thinking about John Wesley’s sermon on catholic spirit in light of the “Big Tent Christianity” event.

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Postmodern and Wesleyan 2

The following is the second half of a lecture on postmodernism and the Wesleyan theological tradition I gave about a year ago. In a previous blog, I proposed five ways in which revisionary postmodernism coheres with Wesleyan theological concerns. In this blog, I propose the final five.

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Postmodern and Wesleyan

Not long ago, I was asked to prepare a lecture on postmodernism and the Wesleyan theological tradition. After reflecting on the two, I proposed ten ways in which revisionary postmodernism coheres with Wesleyan theological concerns.

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Reclaiming the Past / Imagining a Future: Revisionary Postmodernism

The final postmodern tradition of the four I identify as most prominent may prove most helpful for Christians in our emerging world.  It revisions reality by drawing from a wide spectrum of resources.

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Breaking Free: Liberationist Postmodernism

For many on planet earth, life sucks. Liberationist postmodern theology offers hope.

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A Story to Orient Our Lives: Narrative

If language is too slippery and we have no certain foundation upon which to build a worldview, are Christians lost? Is there any way to find meaning in a postmodern world?

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The Problem with Words: Deconstruction

Today we talk about the move from modernism to postmodernism as a paradigm shift. The move entails fundamental changes in our core assumptions about existence.

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Theology for a Postmodern World

We live in changing times. We are changing people. Postmodern theology – rightly understood and discerningly appropriated – can be a resource for Christians in the midst of change.

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Truth and Postmodernism

Truth is difficult, if not impossible, to fathom fully.  And yet truth seems so basic to life. In the book, Postmodern and Wesleyan?, which I edited with my colleagues, Jay Akkerman and Brent Peterson, I try to address what we might want to say about Truth in a postmodern world. I write in an accessible way so that a wide audience might engage the conversation. Let me know what you think…

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