So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
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Lesson 1: One Voice
Read MORE: Lesson 1: One VoiceIf love is to be the foundation of a modern Christian narrative, it will have to address some critical issues, such as abortion, family values, industrial capitalism, climate change, and religious freedom. But maybe the first question to be tackled…
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Lesson 2: The Conversation
Read MORE: Lesson 2: The ConversationLast week, I suggested one of the big questions challenging the Church is finding her role in a democratic society. For starters, I claimed we had to acknowledge that we are only one among many voices in the public conversation.…
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Lesson 3: Who Speaks for the Church?
Read MORE: Lesson 3: Who Speaks for the Church?The problem becomes even more complex when you ask who speaks for the Church in the cacophonous public conversation taking place in modern democracies. I was quite naive when I suggested the Church is one voice among many in these…
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Lesson 4: What Is The Message?
Read MORE: Lesson 4: What Is The Message?The royal wedding that united Prince Harry and Meghan Markle offers a good source for examining the content of the Christian message in a democracy. Many, including myself, thought it offered hope to our society that seems terrified of the…
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Lesson 5: Wealth
Read MORE: Lesson 5: WealthMy intention is to examine some of the peculiar issues Christianity faces in our present democratic society. I planned to start with the complicated role industrial capitalism plays and was re-reading an email from Lupe Andrade in preparation. Before starting…
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Lesson 6: How Did We Get Here?
Read MORE: Lesson 6: How Did We Get Here?About fifty years ago, Harvey Cox wrote an article entitled something like “The Free Market as God.” I remember participating in one rather intellectual discussion of it. That was about it. Things have changed. Nowadays all sorts of people are…
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Lesson 7: Sharing Risk
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Sharing RiskLet’s examine the Church’s voice in our democratic society that many think presently champions an inverse of Christian values. Last week I suggested that entails asking what the Church has to say when economics is allowed to trump every other…
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Lesson 8: Technology and International Corporations
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Technology and International CorporationsOne of the goals of the Christian voice is to uncover the truth that society ignores. For instance, it should acknowledge the role modern technology and international corporations play in monetary wealth becoming the only standard of our culture. The…
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Lesson 9: Regulation
Read MORE: Lesson 9: RegulationI have been assuming that the Christian voice in our secular democratic society must deal with reality, and in our time and place that is the capitalistic economic system. That does not mean that capitalism is a Christian program. Even…
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Lesson 10: Market Totalitarianism
Read MORE: Lesson 10: Market TotalitarianismI decided to begin this series with industrial capitalism, because I thought it would be the least emotional of the issues Christians should be addressing in the present democratic society. Right off the bat, Lupe challenged me by reporting she…
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An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!
yes we need to forgive our leaders yet make sure they do the right thing – which they aren’t.