The first post I offer from The Ex-Reverend offers both religious observation and personal context. Our discussions often turn on the interplay between phenomenology and metaphysics. Phenomenology tends to address the meaning(s) attached to human experiences.
There should be no trouble seeing the relationship between “religious experience” and phenomenology. … Continue reading
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Pew. Barna. Lifeway Research. These are just a few of the places we rely on for surveys related to life and faith in the United States. Once the findings of those respective surveys are made public many begin to attach meaning to the results.
For instance, … Continue reading
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The beginning of “the edge of the inside” dates back more than ten years ago. Back then the first iteration of this website was on Blogger under the name, Just Todd.
It would take some time to tell the story, but participating in a seminar led by Grant … Continue reading
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Stina Busman described David Fitch’s project in The End of Evangelicalism as “impressive.” But, that does not imply a wholesale endorsement. David would not want ti that way. Instead, he would invite conversation partners to help refine his constructive way forward for the Church. Here is Part 2 of … Continue reading
The SBC Menagerie – Al Mohler the New Bogeyman?
(I wrote part of this weeks ago. Reading today prompted me to pluck it from the dustbin and muse afresh.)
Anyone observing the Southern Baptist Convention for the past 30 or so years may readily “get” the reference to an SBC menagerie. Even my skeptic/formerly Christian friends who … Continue reading
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