Tag Archives: God

Let Justice Roll Down Like a Mighty Stream!

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Ashley Lee

“Black people did not land on Plymouth Rock; that rock landed on us!” – James Cone James Cone, a fiery professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York, presented his talk on Theology, Justice, and the Old Testament at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Artifacts, Miscellaneous Discussion | Tagged descrimination, God, justice, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Old Testament, Plymouth Rock, racism | Leave a comment

Futility: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Wisdom Literature

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Andrew Battista

Ecclesiastes and Proverbs represent our first significant foray into Old Testament theodicy. Both are collections of knowledge about life that seem to take the reader outside of the Bible’s “theological triangle.” Ecclesiastes in particular dramatizes the teachings of “Koheleth, son … Continue reading →

Posted in Class Discussion, Conversation Paper Topics | Tagged Ecclesiastes, God, Proverbs, theological triangle, Wisdom, wisdom literature | Leave a comment

Exodus and Theodicy

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Andrew Battista

One of the great scenes in the OT occurs in the beginning of Exodus (3:11-14), where God confronts Moses by a burning bush. After some discussion between the two figures, God refuses to provide Moses with a name for himself, saying … Continue reading →

Posted in Conversation Paper Topics, Miscellaneous Discussion | Tagged burning bush, covenant, Egypt, Exodus, Freud, God, Law, Moses, Oedipus, theodicy | Leave a comment

Many Different Readings of the Creation Narratives

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Andrew Battista

As we turn to the first three chapters of Genesis, we see two different creation narratives, the work of two distinct theological perspectives we now know. Marc Brettler interprets the J writer’s creation account (Genesis 2:4b-3:24) as a story about … Continue reading →