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Is the Legacy of the Indian Residential Schools an Issue for Theology?
The following is a continuation from my previous post and part of the serialization of the first draft of my dissertation Unsettling Theology. One might argue that while the legacy of the Indian Residential Schools is an issue for the … Continue reading
The Indian Residential Schools: Yes, It Was Genocide
The following is a continuation from my previous post and part of the serialization of the first draft of my dissertation Unsettling Theology. Two issues arise immediately. First, was the operation of the Indian residential schools really genocide? After all, … Continue reading
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Tagged Genocide, Indian Residential Schools
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Unsettling Theology: Introduction
How do good people wind up doing evil things? How are Christians to deal with an evil legacy? Behind these simple, very general questions, is an actual story, and a very real theological legacy. Between the 1870s and the 1970s … Continue reading
An Academic Discipline
As some of you know, I’ve been working on a PhD dissertation for the past five years. The first couple of years were largely reading and reflecting, what my friend Tamsin Jones Farmer calls “passive cogitation”. The scheme of the … Continue reading
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Lenten Readings: Day 40
In the Abyss (Holy Saturday) The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter, the Sunday of the Resurrection, is always a little bit odd for faithful Christians. The intensity of Lent and Holy Week gives way to, well, normalcy. Maybe you … Continue reading
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Tagged Descent into Hell, Harrowing of Hell, Hebrews 4.1-16, Romans 8.1-11
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Lenten Readings: Day 39
Exiles (Good Friday) Good Friday is a day during which most Christians hear the Passion according to John. In many liturgies they also hear Psalm 22 and Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (the fourth Servant Song), and both played a major part in … Continue reading
Lenten Readings: Day 38
Eucharistic Participation and Judgement (Maundy Thursday) We have arrived at the Triduum, the great three days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. Today’s second reading from the Daily Office Lectionary consists of two extracts from Paul’s First Letter to … Continue reading
Lenten Readings: Day 37
Rejoice! Today’s second reading from the Daily Office Lectionary is the last from Paul’s Letter to the Philippians for awhile. The reading ends at verse thirteen, but I’ve tacked on the remaining verses. The purpose of the letter becomes evident … Continue reading
Lenten Readings: Day 36
Bodies in Transformation (Tuesday in Holy Week) Following on yesterday’s second reading from the Daily Office Lectionary, Paul continues in the Letter to the Philippians to encourage his readers/hearers to press on towards the resurrection. Phil 3.15–21 Let those of … Continue reading
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Tagged citizenship, Philippians 3.15-21, Resurrection, Transformation
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Lenten Readings: Day 35
Confidence in Flesh and Spirit (Monday in Holy Week) Paul’s Letter to the Philippians was probably written before his Letter to the Romans, but reading it after Romans is quite striking. In today’s second reading from the Daily Office Lectionary … Continue reading
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Tagged Confidence in the Flesh, Confidence in the Spirit, Philippians 3.1-14
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