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...There are many mysteries of atonement that we won't understand this side of eternity," he says. Discussion is also stunted by American Christianity's ongoing romance with a friendly, helpful, personal Jesus, which has made detailed discussion of his violent death an increasingly difficult pulpit pitch. Says theologian and broadcaster R.C. Sproul: "You don't hear people preaching about the atonement anymore. I don't think there's any great difference there between Protestant evangelicalism and the mainline churches either...
Theory met practice as an evangelical theologian and a gay rights lobbyist squared off on the issue of same-sex marriage before a Science Center audience of about 150 on Saturday night...
...renowned Catholic theologian who formerly served as head of Harvard Divinity School will return to campus in the fall—this time as a professor at the Kennedy School of Government...
...Grand Ayatullah Abul Khoei, who would turn out to be Iraq's leading cleric. As Saddam ruthlessly suppressed clerical activism, Khoei advocated "quietism," the belief that the clergy should mainly serve spiritual and social needs, and not focus on matters of state. Sistani quickly distinguished himself as a brilliant theologian, adept at applying religious doctrine to the dilemmas of modern life. (His website, sistani.org offers advice on the propriety of, among other things, interest-bearing loans and masturbation...
...ANYONE WHO IS TOO PASSIONATE A LOVER OF HIS WIFE IS AN ADULTERER." ST. JEROME, theologian (circa...