Marginal Christianity

(http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2012/07/skilled-christianity.html) Posted on 7.27.2012 I've been blogging for over six years, and if you've been with me from the beginning you may have detected a change in the tone and tenor of this blog. In the early years this blog seemed much more doubt-filled. But over time it has seemed to some of my friends that the blog has grown more faithful and apologetical. In the early years my tone toward Christianity was more aggressive and attacking, the voice of an outsider (though coming from an insider). In recent years my tone is more insider trying to show how Christianity might be "held together." I've been trading in criticism for something more constructive. And I have to admit that my faith over the last six years has been bolstered by a variety of things. Some highlights: My rediscovery of prayer in The Book of Common Prayer. Reading the bible with the damned (to borrow Bob Ekblad's phrase) in my exp...

Posted on 6.12.2012 (http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2012/06/william-stringfellow-project-summary-of.html   Richard Beck begins a series on the man Karl Barth said we Americans should be listening to:   Before I start reviewing books as a part of The William Stringfellow Project I think it might be helpful to provide a brief summary of Stringfellow's theology. Such a summary could serve as a reading guide, allowing us to gather quotes from Stringfellow's books under some thematic headings. As I see it, we can summarize William Stringfellow's theology under four theological themes: Resurrection, Incarnation, Word and Sacrament. Resurrection Death is the great theme of Stringfellow's writing. Phrased positively, resurrection is his principle focus. However, for Stringfellow resurrection is not about the immortality of the soul or life in the hereafter. Stringfellow tends to bracket those issues. For Stringfellow resurrection is about the experie...