Games Scientists and Theologians Play
What if religious beliefs about divine beings were caused by natural processes rather than real divine beings? Or what if religious beliefs were random unnecessary by-products? Religion is like...
View ArticleUngrounding Ourselves into the Christ-Ethic
For Lacan, public law such as “No Photos” or “Do not go on the grass” implicitly attracts the subject of that law to commit the very thing it prohibits (exactly in the way that if we tell the child not...
View ArticleThe Death of Theology After The Death of God
I don’t believe in God. I believe in the persistence of God. Let me explain. Imagine sitting around the table with some close friends and then suddenly receiving a call that one of your friends that...
View ArticleThe Phallic Fetish Of Prayer
To help us better understand what has happened to prayer, I think we have to listen in to a psychoanalyst by the name of Jacques Lacan. When a child is in its predominant learning stage it looks to the...
View ArticleThe Erotic Disposition of Homer’s Bowling Ball.
Believing there is a code to be cracked is of course much the same as believing in the existence of some Big Other: in every case what is wanted is an agent who will give structure to our chaotic...
View ArticleReligion and Science in the Indian Context
During the past year I had the great fortune to spend a little over one month teaching at Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), the Pontifical Institute for Philosophy and Religion, in Pune, India. The purpose...
View ArticleTogether Towards Tomorrow: Pluralism in India
On January 21, 2011 the De Smet – de Marneffe Memorial Annual Lecture was held in the new post graduate block of the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV) campus. The speaker for that year’s event was Dr....
View ArticleThe Cross and Gendercide: A Book Review
Elizabeth Gerhardt’s The Cross and Gendercide is without hesitation among (if not the) most convicting, thought-provoking, well-researched, biblically-grounded, and empowering text on the church’s...
View ArticleIn Praise of Heretics
The word “heretic” is often thrown around today to denounce someone for espousing an idea deemed “unbiblical” or “unorthodox” or “contrary to the teachings of the church.” It carries a negative...
View ArticleGlobal Violence Against Women and Girls: Weep with Me and Then Work with Me
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of hosting a live chat on the new book The Cross and Gendercide: A Theological Response to Global Violence Against Women and Girls by Elizabeth Gerhardt. The...
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