The Church still recognizes all valid marriages between Baptized Christians as a Sacrament precisely so that the grace of the Sacrament can overcome the secularizing weight. This secularizing of marriage has even crept into Catholic circles and is really at the heart of the push for giving ...
Citizens of this world assume their possessions, their time, their futures are their own as individuals. But the goal of God is the reconciliation of all things, including people – other people. Citizens of His kingdom are engaged in His ways, not their own, extending care and compassion t...
In search for the presence of the conflict and strategies of its possible reconciliation, six individual, in-depth interviews with Czech Ph. D. students of economics that labeled themselves as Christians were conducted. The results of this probe support the idea that the "economic way of ...
Public theology is the engagement and dialogue with the larger society by the church and individual Christians. It seeks a fair and just society for all by engaging issues of common interest to build the common good. We, therefore talk with society not just to society. And no time is better...
During his time in New York City, he had seen many well-meaning Christians at Union Theological Seminary unwittingly abandon that God for many good reasons; so too many of the well-meaning Christians in Germany were now doing the same thing. They were convinced that if they bent their ...
was a way of gaining public honor. Funding a building, education or some other public facility like a bath or gymnasium, which were very important in Roman culture, were all ways to gain status. So was supporting an artist or artisan, guiding a young person or helping people find work. ...
Within this scapegoating perspective, people of color cannot count as real Christians, for “real Christians” and “the real America” are one and the same. What else can explain how a Christian could watch this movie and not be disgusted by its dehumanizing and violent attitude toward the ...
Yes, Central Link will be going 7.5 min headways. It will operate at that level for about 2 years. When E-Link opens it will also be at 7.5. In headways. The result will be 3:45 headways on the part of the line where the two lines are interlined. 3:45 headways will be a...
and his advice to Christians is in a great measure a system of accommodation to that; even to the extent of giving an apparent sanction to slavery. What is called Christian, but should rather be termed theological, morality, was not the work of Christ or the Apostles, but is of much lat...
The term "Christians" given to believers in Jesus means "Christ's people" or "belonging to Christ." Do we "belong" to Jesus? Bonhoeffer also wrote, "When Christ calls a man, He bids Him come and die." (79) "Discipleship means adherence to Christ, and because Christ is the object of...