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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Mercadante-community and authority
Linda Mercadante interviewed a bunch of people who say they are spiritual but not religious (SBNR). Her book, Belief Without Borders is about those interviews and her theological evaluation of SBNR spirituality. She asked them about community. Many of them … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Spirituality, Theology
Tagged biblical authority, community, Linda Mercadante, SBNR, the grand tradition
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Mercadante-a paradox about community
I read Linda Mercadante’s chapter on community in Belief Without Borders. There is a paradox in the American way of thinking about community. Americans support community and lament a perceived lack of it. Yet we are pretty individualistic in our … Continue reading
Mercadante-human nature
I once found to my astonishment that one older lady who had grown up and then raised her own family in the church thought that “thou shalt not judge” was one of the Ten Commandments. There is a powerful urge … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality, Theology
Tagged free will, grace, Linda Mercadante, original sin, SBNR, the doctine of man
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Mercadante-monism
I am reading the chapter on transcendence in Linda Mercadante’s Belief Without Borders. One part of the spiritual but not religious (SBNR) view of transcendence concerns what they reject from Judaism and Christianity. That was the theme of my previous … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality, Theology
Tagged evolution, Linda Mercadante, monism, panentheism, reincarnation, Science
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Mercadante-transcendence
In reading Linda Mercadante’s Belief Without Borders I’ve come to the theological substance of her interviews with people who identify as spiritual but not religious (SBNR). She said she asked them about four basic topics: God, human nature, community, and … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality, Theology
Tagged doctrine of God, Linda Mercadante, masculinity, Prayer, SBNR
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Mercadante-SBNR and the belief that all is one
Is there anything cohesive about the people who claim to be spiritual but not religious (SBNR)? In other words, is it possible that this is just a movement to individualism and intellectual anarchy with each person going their own unique … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Spirituality, Theology
Tagged Linda Mercadante, New Age, Post-Christian Spirituality, SBNR, the Protestant principle
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A misunderstanding of cult
Here is a link about new find in Israel. A massive cult complex, dating back about 3,300 years, has been discovered at the site of Tel Burna in Israel. I do not know what we will ultimately conclude … Continue reading
Mercadante-types of nonreligious spirituality
I am reading further into Linda Mercadante’s Belief without Borders. I am having a little trouble summarizing because she uses a lot of anecdotes. This makes the book more interesting, but I can not do too much with them in … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Spirituality, Theology
Tagged authenticity, doubt, Linda Mercadante, SBNR
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The other Philistines
I need to revisit the topic of the Philistines in the 11th century B.C.E. In last month’s reading project I talked about Avraham Faust’s understanding that early Iron Age Israel developed its ethnic consciousness over against the culture of the … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Israel, Bible
Tagged archeology, Ephraim Stern, Philistines, Sea Peoples
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Mercadante-setting the stage
I have begun a new reading project. It is Linda Mercadante’s Belief without Borders about people who claim to be spiritual but not religious. Mercadante surveys the glory days of Mainstream Protestantism and religious America in the 1950s only to … Continue reading
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