Tag Archives: Christ and culture

Snarky Saturday (Which It Still Is on the West Coast)

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 5, 2012
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So here I was, opening up my browser with a beautiful view of the Rogue River Valley in southern Oregon overlooking a pear orchard (where I am speaking), with a cup of java, and lo I behold two blog posts that didn’t cause me to wretch (so I wasn’t drunk) but did force me to… Read More→

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It’s Only Culture

By D. G. Hart | Published: December 1, 2010

At the risk of opening up the Scripture-is-silent can of worms again, I did have a thought recently about how a biblicist might attempt to employ the Bible to define culture. Definitions of culture abound, and Scripture certainly teaches truths about human beings and their relations that imply basic ingredients of human existence. But for… Read More→

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Obsessive Cultural Disorder — Over Thinking Culture

By D. G. Hart | Published: November 19, 2010

Okay, I guess H. Richard Niebuhr was not a pietist, but I am struck by how much attention Protestants give to culture – whether to imbibe, whether to avoid, or how to engage properly. All of this compulsiveness feels like fundamentalists who are spooked by the world and their surroundings and can’t live comfortably in… Read More→

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Dual Citizens

By The Staff | Published: December 11, 2009

by Jason Stellman Endorsements For too long I struggled to recommend reading on the subject of living the Christian life as “resident aliens.” Often I was reduced to directing readers to liberal Methodists (such as Hauerwas and Willimon) as the best embodiment of Christian convictions. At last I can point to practice that is firmly… Read More→

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