UCC in Focus | Theology
Does the United Church have a theology? Critics often ask this question with incredulity when complaining the denomination is so open it stands for nothing at all. “The church that...
Justice | Society
...of prosperity. “We have to commit to deconstruct the theology of chosenness, the theology of capitalism as being Godly,” Blackmon said, “and it’s going to be a long road.” Did...
Spirituality | Culture, Theology
...“Christofascism” to describe the Christian church’s embrace of authoritarian theology. Try: Thinking About God: An Introduction to Theology (1990) 18. Phyllis Tickle is the founding editor of the religion...
UCC in Focus | Church News, Theology
...Yet she considers herself a bona fide product of the United Church, crediting its Sunday schools and critical approaches to scripture and theology in its liberal seminaries with nurturing her...
Spirituality | Theology
...people. When, for them, it’s the way they have to be, the way they’re comfortable being. The issue of projection is highly problematic. Q Disability theology is a relatively new...
UCC in Focus | Theology
...literal deity. Plus, it was United Church theology itself that taught me God is not just “Father” but also “Mother,” and countless other metaphors. One minister assured me that everyone...
UCC in Focus | Theology
...he asks, what would prevent West Hill United from calling a minister with similar views and beliefs? Toronto Conference may have decided the United Church’s big-tent theology was not big...
Spirituality | Society
...more, the neuroscience behind prayer is reigniting old debates about nature or nurture, exploding dualistic body-versus-spirit theology and sparking controversy over the reality of consciousness. Andrew Newberg has been studying...
Spirituality | Theology
...have a relationship with the Divine, the natural result of a belief in “the Word made flesh.” Incarnational theology means that divinity has a look. “Historically, Protestantism has emphasized a...
Spirituality | Culture
...an evolutionary point of view. So if our theology is dependent on the idea that we are completely different from the rest of the natural world, there is no conversation...