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  • Recommended Reading: September 17

    If you read one article this weekend, look at Do Jesus and Paul Disagree? by Phil Long For those of you with additional reading this this fine (nearly) Fall day, check out the following selections below. Think I missed sharing an important conversation? Let me know in the comments section below.

  • Scripture in 1 Clement: Place in Scholarship

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining the function and use of scripture in the early Christian writing known as 1 Clement. This project investigates how Clement employed composite citations of Jewish and Christian writings, particularly the synoptic tradition, to support his arguments for proper Christian theology and practice. In doing so, this…

  • Scripture in 1 Clement: Introduction

    Making sense of conceptions of scripture during the earliest years of Christianity is no easy task. The relative scarcity of evidence from this period is made even more difficult by the non-systematic form of many early Christian writings and the literary practices of the time, where authors used sources without formal (or clear) introductions, regularly…

  • The Divine Quest, East and West (Part III)

    This post concludes a brief series of reflections on Jay Ford’s The Divine Quest, East and West. The Divine Quest: East and West provides an engaging, insightful, and balanced approach to considering the Ultimate in three (or four) major religious traditions. From the perspective of one most familiar with Christianity, I especially appreciated the way…

  • Recommended Readings: September 10

    If you only read one article this week, engage The Conciliar Post Round Table on Suffering For those of you looking for more reading this fine weekend, check out the following suggestions, gathered (as always) from around the internet. Think I missed sharing an important link? Let me know in the comments section.

  • The Divine Quest, East and West (Part II)

    This post continues a series of reflections on Jay Ford’s The Divine Quest, East and West. As part of The Divine Quest, East and West’s turn toward the East in Acts 4 and 5, this reflection deals with the Classical and Colonial periods of Hindu theology. In reviewing the schools of classical Hindu theology, Ford usefully…

  • On the Misuse of Christian Tradition: A Response

    The proper relationship between the authority of Christian Scripture and authority of Christian Tradition avails itself to no easy answers. From a historical viewpoint, much of the early development of both remains hotly debated. From a theological perspective, centuries (and sometimes millennia) old debates continue to shape thinking and lead toward answers long before any…

  • Reflections on The Divine Quest, East and West (Part I)

    A few weeks back I noted Jay Ford’s The Divine Quest, East and West (SUNY, 2016). Over the nest few posts, I want to offer a couple of reflections on this work, which I hasten to note I generally appreciate and find helpful for facilitating inter-religious dialogue and understanding. In Acts 2 and 3 of…

  • SSP: A Comparison of Patrician Scripture Registers

    This post is the final contribution to the series on the Scriptures of Saint Patrick of Ireland. As Fraz Stuhlhofer notes, one important aspect of considering scriptural citations in early Christian literature is to consult the findings of previous studies, especially those involving scripture registers. Accordingly, I have offered a summary of the major scripture…

  • The Scriptures of Saint Patrick: Bibliography

    This post is part of an ongoing series on the Scriptures of Saint Patrick of Ireland. Aland, Kurt and Barbara Aland. The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, Second Edition. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989. Bieler,…