I was checking my blog stats before going off to church. One of the categories I can check is the search terms used to find my blog. Apparently some intext service or another has decided I'm notable enough to link my name to the blog (which is interesting since on Google it's the 4th hit under the name "Jason Barr", after a Rutgers economics prof, ( Read more... )

I made a post on the Bible and gender equality on Absolution Revolution.

I got a couple of "oh wow that's good" comments, and a couple of "OHMYGODTHAT'SHOT!!!"s.

There's plenty left if anyone in the area wants some. ;-)

I have a nice pot of vegetarian red beans and rice (that traditional Thanksgiving food) simmering on the stove for the potluck our cooperative houses are having tonight ( Read more... )

What's your eschatology?
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You scored as Moltmannian Eschatology
Jürgen Moltmann is one of the key eschatological thinkers of the 20th Century. Eschatology is not only about heaven and hell, but God's plan to make all things new. This should spur us on to political and social action in the present.

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Not, mind you, that I would compare myself to Wright, but... there's something awfully familiar about this.

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Send Dubya a copy of the Constitution for ChristmasNow granted I don't really think of the Constitution as this great equalizer of the people or guarantor of law and order (unless your ideal order happens to involve property ownership and maleness as a qualification for holding office and choosing those who hold office, often including slaves, and ( Read more... )

Anyone who cares about anything pertaining to the issues of terrorism, nuclear weapons, and Bush's "you're for us or you're against us" and pre-emptive war doctrine should read this articleAnd if you haven't read Chalmers Johnson's excellent book Blowback (which basically predicted a 9/11-like event in 1999) you should - this is exactly an ( Read more... )

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An audio recording of my session at the Cynicism and Hope conference a couple of weeks ago will be up soon on the conference web site, if it isn't already. Just a heads-up!