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Continue reading →: More Than Just Neighbours in a Multi-Faith WorldThis weekend I will be co-leading a workshop at “From Pieces to Peace: More Than Just Neighbours in a Multi-Faith World“, a conference being run in Sydney by the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand. I am basing the workshop around Ninian Smart’s “Seven Dimensions of Religion” as a…
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Continue reading →: In the World but not of the WorldOver the summer holidays I’ve been reflecting on this question. If I had to sum up EVERYTHING I have written over the years, what would I say? Is there a central point to it all? I have concluded that, yes there is, and it is this: it’s about exploring ways…
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Continue reading →: Luther on the hidden GodFollowing are some quotes from Luther on the Hidden God by Steven D. Paulson. Basically its apophatism, protestant-style. “God hides so as not to be found where people seek him, and reveals himself where he is not sought” “Adam and Eve were deluded by the serpent into thinking God was…
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Continue reading →: As Above So BelowIn the same way that Christ reveals God to us, Christ also reveals the world to us. In speaking of the Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, the New Testament affirms that “Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” (John 1:3) and “For in him all things…
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Continue reading →: How “useful” is Trinitarian doctrine for a Theology of Religions?With the AAANZ Conference, from Pieces to Peace: More Than Just Neighbours in a Multifaith World, coming up on 25-28 of January, I’ve been reading a few articles which seek to articulate a “theology of religions” for Christians living in a pluralistic context. One such article is A “Trinitarian” Theology…
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Continue reading →: Is Dionysius the last word on Apophatism?“Dionysian Platonism is a form of Christian apophaticism that has a tendency to obfuscate the importance of the incarnation. Where Dionysius speaks apophatically about the things revealed, the Russian sophiologists presume to speak cataphatically about the things hidden.” – Paul L. Gavrilyuk Over the holidays I’ve been digging deeper into apophatism…
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Continue reading →: Gita and GospelFrom John Nicol Farquhar, 1861-1929: “Here, then, we have the secret of that similarity which we are all so clearly conscious of, when we read a Gospel alongside of the Gita. In the Gospels we have in historical form the authoritative utterances of the historical Jesus; in the Gita we…
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Continue reading →: Known or Unknown?To know christ is to follow him To follow christ is to know him Anabaptist maxim
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Continue reading →: Chinese Christian Art: Arriving at BethlehemAs we approach Christmas I find myself drawn once again to the way Christmas scenes have been depicted across different cultures. This image, from an unknown Chinese artist, depicts Joseph and the heavily pregnant Mary arriving at Bethlehem, looking for some overnight accommodation but not having much luck. I find…
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Continue reading →: Fart Jokes in the Holy BibleWe were with child, we writhed in labor, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth, and the people of the world have not come to life. Isaiah 26:18 Translation? We thought we had good news but discovered we were talking out of our arse!…
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