Posts by Penny Davis
Rachel Held Evans–January 21, 2012
Rachel Held Evans is an award-winning author and popular blogger from Dayton, Tennessee—home of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. Rachel’s first book, Evolving in Monkey Town explores the relationship between faith and doubt and recounts the challenges of asking tough questions about Christianity in the context of the Bible Belt. She says, ”It’s about moving from certainty, through doubt, to faith. It’s...
Read MoreGod After Darwin: Evolution, Christian Faith and Spirituality, November 4–5
In the popular media, evolution and religion are portrayed as engaged in a war to the death; one must die so that the other can be pronounced the victor. But is there really no place for God after Darwin? In this series of lectures, round table discussions, and dialogues with the audience, Philip Clayton explores the compatibility of Christianity and evolution, offering a vision of an “evolutionary spirituality” that...
Read MoreBig Tent Christianity
Big Tent Christianity-Phoenix in February 2011 was a convergence of new and old ways of being and becoming the Church: progressive and emergent, denominational and non-denominational, large and small faith communities, describable and undescribable. Bringing people together from across the country to proclaim what unites us as followers of Jesus in this modern world, BTX showcased more than a dozen leading Christian voices who broke...
Read MoreBishop John Shelby Spong
Beyond Theism But Not Beyond God; Jesus: Beyond Incarnation But Not Beyond Divine. The DVD of Bishop Spong’s visit here in 2010 is now available through our store. He comments, “In my recent study leading to my book on life after death, Eternal Life: A New Vision, I had to move into a new and different understanding of the human experience of God. The anthropomorphic images that are so deeply rooted in our...
Read MoreMarcus Borg: Speaking Christian
Marcus Borg, Speaking Christian: A Misunderstood Language. In the DVD available through our store Borg says that being Christian includes using and understanding Christian language, yet many crucial Christian words are seriously misunderstood in our time. Words such as savior, salvation, redemption, righteousness, repentance and sacrifice have lost their original, rich meanings. How do we reclaim this language from its captivity to...
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