Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” contrasts rigid and tolerant Christianity in ways that will benefit our own society.
Tag Archives: Religion
How Rosh Hashanah Is Like Swimming
Poet Enid Shomer describes Rosh Hashanah as a swimmer beginning on the surface but eventually sinking deep within the water/rituals.
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More Frightening than Arrest, Freedom
Levertov’s poem about Peter escaping prison confronts existential issues of freedom
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Ryan, Abortion, and Hardy’s Angel Clare
Paul Ryan may resemble Angel Claire in Hardy’s “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” but there’s a vicar who shows us a better way of dealing with a “fallen” woman.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Abortion, Catholicism, Euthanasia, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy Comments closed
The Spirit’s Table Has Arrived from Heaven
In this Ramadan poem by Rumi, fasting is seen as a way of escaping the body.
A Snake That Refused To Be Used
This Scott Bates looks at Pentecostal snake handlers from the snake’s point of view.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "S Is For a Somewhat Sardonic Serpent", Nature, Pentecostalism, Scott Bates, snake handling Comments closed
Theological Clerihews – Heaven & Mirth
The clerihew form can wittily articulate major theological questions.
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Sin = Separation from Creation
Seeing sin more as human separateness from creation than as disobeying God may be a more powerful way to teach the concept to today’s students.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, Genesis, John Milton, Martin Heidegger, Paradise Lost, Redemption, Sin, Spirituality Comments closed
