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pulling wings off angels book cover

Wrestling with Theology in Short Fantasy Fiction

Pulling the Wings Off Angels by KJ Parker

March 14, 2023 by Flimflamingo Leave a Comment

I started reading KJ Parker’s Prosper’s Demon as an ARC a few years back. I remember putting it down about halfway through the novella and being fully OK with not continuing it but not having strong feelings about it one way or another. The book has since earned raves. I regularly come across recommendations for it as a readalike for something I really like. I can’t shake that I didn’t like it. I just didn’t. I didn’t hate it. I wasn’t offended by it. I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: angel, god, kj parker, novella, pulling the wings off angels, Religion, theology, tom holt, tor

Flimflamingo's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: angel, god, kj parker, novella, pulling the wings off angels, Religion, theology, tom holt, tor ·
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Choose this day whom you will serve.

The Kingdom of God Is Within You: Christianity Not as Mystic Religion But as a New Theory of Life by Leo Tolstoy

May 20, 2021 by Halbs Leave a Comment

I took a long, weird road to this book. I grew up in Texas with public-service-minded parents of faith. I was a political science major turned public-interest lawyer turned political staffer. Public service, making the world a better place, all of it. In my mind, Jesus’ line about rendering to Caesar what’s Caesar’s meant that, in my democratic context, I had to work the system for good. I navigated the classic political argument of the “problem of dirty hands” with all of that in mind […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: anarchy, Christianity, Leo Tolstoy, politics, Russia, theology

Halbs's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: anarchy, Christianity, Leo Tolstoy, politics, Russia, theology ·
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Sacred Bodies

The Disabled God: Towards a Liberation Theology of Disability by Dr. Nancy L. Eisland

March 15, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Despite being a clergy person, I don’t read a lot of theology texts in my spare time. Reading is a leisure activity for me and I much prefer a good mystery or historical tome to something explicitly theological. When I do read theology, I prefer to fill the gaps in my knowledge. Disability theology is a big piece of that. I know little about disability liberation theology, even less about the Disabled Rights Movement that was and is active in the United States. When I […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Disability, Dr. Nancy L. Eisland, liberation theology, The Disabled God, theology

Jake's CBR13 Review No:40 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Disability, Dr. Nancy L. Eisland, liberation theology, The Disabled God, theology ·
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Some More Ontology, Just for Fun

The Courage To Be by Paul Tillich

March 11, 2020 by Halbs Leave a Comment

I’m by no means a philosophy expert! That being said, my hope is to become more conversant in the “love of wisdom” in order to live a better life. As mentioned in a previous post, I started reading theologian-philosopher Tillich because MLK read Tillich. MLK even critiqued him as a major part of his doctoral work.  I grabbed The Courage to Be, my second Tillich book, from the library just because it was what they happened to have on the shelf while I was browsing. […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: Paul Tillich, Philosophy, theology

Halbs's CBR12 Review No:14 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: Paul Tillich, Philosophy, theology ·
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Love Power Justice

“The estranged is striving for reunion.”

Love, Power, and Justice: Ontological Analyses and Ethical Applications by Paul Tillich

January 28, 2020 by Halbs 4 Comments

I think all of us are pretty interested in the relationship between power and justice these days. We also want to understand how to transcend our divisions. Being the nerd that I am, I thought this seventy-year-old work from philosopher-theologian Paul Tillich could provide me with some insight on power, justice, and love. This book from the 1950s is more of a collection of lectures than a piece of prose. That’s a pro more than a con, as it encourages the writing to be relatively […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: Ontology, Paul Tillich, Philosophy, theology

Halbs's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: Ontology, Paul Tillich, Philosophy, theology ·
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Immanuel – God is with Us

The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe by Richard Rohr

December 27, 2019 by Halbs 1 Comment

Richard Rohr came into my life with his Enneagram book written about twenty years ago. It would be silly to call him an “early adopter” of the Enneagram considering it’s ancient (at least in some iterations of it), but he definitely is a key figure for Christian thought regarding the Enneagram. He’s also written a ton of contemplative-related books and other resources of interest for people interested in the mystical side of Christianity. The Universal Christ is Rohr’s newest work. The best way I can […]

Filed Under: Religion Tagged With: Christology, Richard Rohr, theology

Halbs's CBR11 Review No:52 · Genres: Religion · Tags: Christology, Richard Rohr, theology ·
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