Can Daniel Dennett be a public philosopher and engage in a real debate with someone who is both  a philosopher and theist?  Or, will he once again choose to display his rasslin’ rhetorical skills and pass on demonstrating the Apocalyptic fury his intellectual insights are reported to bring?  We will see.
One could call it [...]

What do you get when you put two of the world’s top philosophical theologians, a prestigious university President, and me in a room with a camera?  A fun conversation.
At the American Academy of Religion I was able to join LeRon Shults, Philip Clayton, and Stephen Knapp for a discussion about how theology finds traction in [...]

…so if you have listened to the podcast with him and Tony Jones and thought about getting the book you can now get it for 10 bucks.

Theology After Google: Leveraging New Technologies and Networks for Transformative Ministry

We invite you to join us March 10-12, 2010 in Claremont, Calif., for a first-of-its-kind national conference, “Theology After Google.” Thanks to a generous grant from the Ford Foundation, we are able to keep registration costs low, as in 99 bucks.
Who is coming?
Tony Jones, [...]

This isn’t about an actual confrontation between the two communities, or a discussion on whether they can coexist. For that, check out Stanley Fish’s review of Barbara Herrnstein Smith’s “Natural Reflections.” I just want to share a chart that shows a significant gap between the two on a specific issue.
One day over lunch my coworker [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home
Lesson 2
Beware of Bible Abuse
With some notable exceptions, most evangelicals I know primarily read the Bible devotionally, meaning they read it in a superficial way without regard to the conditions of history, culture, genre, or its own literary context. They also believe it [...]

OK, I confess. There are only nine lessons, but ten sounds better.
A quest for a reasoned faith based on honest questioning. That was largely what my 25-year sojourn in evangelicalism was about. Although evangelicals are not a monolithic block comprised only of conservatives (progressive evangelicals are becoming more influential), I found the movement and my [...]

OK, I confess. There are only nine lessons, but ten sounds better.
A quest for a reasoned faith based on honest questioning. That was largely what my 25-year sojourn in evangelicalism was about. Although evangelicals are not a monolithic block comprised only of conservatives (progressive evangelicals are becoming more influential), I found the movement and my [...]

Karl Barth, the most influential theologian of the 20th century, said that all Christian theology is eschatology. The Apostle Paul is pretty serious, though flexible, about God’s future for the world. Jesus had a hard time NOT talking about the present-yet-coming Kin-dom of God. SO what happens when I asked some of [...]

Jeff Jarvis has done us all a favor.  “What Would Google Do?” is a gift (well one you pay for). Through an engaging, informative, and flat out fun style he takes on his journey to reverse-engineer the company that defines ‘getting it’ today – Google.
This is the first book we are reading\blogging through in [...]

Deacons, Friends, Ministers, Church Leaders, Theologians, or Just cool people who like God and use the internet.  I am part of putting on this super sweet conference at Claremont March 10-12 and I would love for you to think about coming.  For three days you will think about theology, the church, technology, communication, and all [...]

This is the first day of the ‘Theology After Google’ class and yesterday I asked on Twitter what video I should use to get the conversation moving.  I promised I would share them with the class and figured y’all might enjoy them. So without further ado, here’s the Twitter-gestions…..

We’ve been around for a full year? This web gathering, equipping grassroots theologians for transformative thinking, engaging, and living, has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a podcast at TrippFuller.com. Thanks to our loyal “deacons,” dedicated readers and listeners, we’ve had over 72,000 visits and 40,000 podcast downloads. In 2010, we’ll be [...]

Tony Jones discusses the upcoming ‘theology after google’ event with Philip Clayton. Enjoy this and think about coming March 10-12 to Claremont, CA for the 3 day event. Join Spencer Burke, John Franke, Helene Slessarev-Jamir, Adam Walker Cleveland, Bob Cornwall, Dwight Friesen , Jon Irvine, Glen Stassen,  Ryan Parker, Philip and myself for a [...]

Over Thanksgiving I went home to North Carolina. Somehow I ended up talking about these three ‘God Songs.’ I am not sure what Regina Spektor, The Michael Gungor Band, and U2 have in common other than there conversational appearance over the holiday, but they all have songs about God that draw a response. [...]