Archives for posts tagged ‘Philosophy/Theology’

existential angst of solomon

I just finished reading through Solomon’s Ecclessiasties. It was a very interesting read. There is so much existential angst, a curious ancient account of post modern writing on the void of meaning in the world. I’m not really sure how to interpret it all. I mean I am used to reading this kind of stuff when [...]

the gift: christ & derrida

One question which has been circling in my head lately is the possibility of a universal salvation, in the sense that Christ really did die for everyone and through that every has been/will be justified before God now and also on that future judgment. What has spurred this conversation with myself is reading Romans 5. [...]

peter rollins & phyllis tickle

I just came across some great little video clips, from over at the emergent village, of a conversation between Peter Rollins and Phyllis Tickle. They cover a lot ground on all things emerg-ing/ent/ence. There are few videos, but my favorite was the second, Peter Rollins gets into some philosophic-theological territory for just long enough to [...]

the abraham-isaac question

I recently looked back to some old posts on Jake’s blog, where he is discussing/questioning Kierkegaard’s reading of Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac. I wish I could say I read through it all, but I was distracted/lost interest before I got very far. One question which jumped out at me was put to Jake by one [...]