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DISCUSSION August 11, 2017: Bible, Church Authority, and the Conscience
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The Problem: church authority often covers itself with the mantle of the Bible. Conscience has often taken an anti-establishment posture since the 1960s. Churches tend to repress dissent. The scientific interpretation of the Bible is too technical to be of help for spirituality in church and society. How can you balance the claims of authority, conscience, and biblical interpretations? |
COMING DISCUSSIONS:
See: Five Discussion Topics
ARTICLES OF THE WEEK:
"A Second Look at the Prosperity Gospel" by Simon Aihiokhai
"Are science and religion enemies?" by Dan Finucane
RECENT NEWS Selected by Joseph Martos
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REFLECTIONS ABOUT SPIRITUAL LIFE, CHURCH, OR SOCIETY: Personal experiences - Social and political issues - Church as community and institution
"A Second Look at the Prosperity Gospel" by Simon Aihiokhai
"Are science and religion enemies?" by Dan Finucane
"What We Lutherans Can Learn from Roman Catholics" by David VonSchlichten.
"Baptist Seminary Life" by Steve W. Lemke, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
PRESSING ISSUES IN CHURCH LIFE
Participation of the laity in the church - Women in the church - Ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue - Sacraments and sacramentality -Social justice, race and work - Theological ethics - Latin America and the Latinos in the US Church - The refugees, globally and nationally
ADVENT - LENT MEDITATIONS 2017
- March 5: Philip E. Thompson
- March 12: Marie A. Conn
- March 19:
Dolores Christie
- March 26: David VonSchlichten
- April 2: Frank Berna
- April 9: SimonMary Aihiokhai
- April 16:
Jill Raitt
FAITH JOURNEYS
My dream was to be a mathematician. To clarify, that was my dream for many years, a dream that stayed with me throughout my high school years and into the first two years of college.