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Similarly, if one prays for gifts and protections, one must naturally assume that God micromanages the universe for the advantage of particular believers. If, however, one sees prayer as what theologian Paul Tillich called "the great deep sigh," prayer becomes an act of unconscious adoration. Religion becomes more generous and modest. Even the Gospels were written "according to," which was a way of saying...
...Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer made his way to America from Nazi Germany at the outbreak of World War II but then decided to return to his country to join the Resistance. He participated in a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler, and was caught, jailed and hanged. Bonhoeffer addressed this question of knowing with the example of a rose. He said that science allows us to grasp nearly everything about the composition of a rose because we have learned so much about pollination, photosynthesis and so forth. And yet, he said, once we have done all that analysis, we still ask, What...
Armstrong, a former nun, respected theologian and author of such best-selling books as A History of God and Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet, defined fundamentalism as an act of panic...
...Karim is not a theologian, but he is a man of faith. "The Koran says, if a man kills an innocent person, to God it looks like he is killing all innocent people on earth," he says. "If you save an innocent person, it looks to God that you are saving all life on earth." He has urged his fellow Rotarians to raise money for the Red Cross. He prays for last week's victims. And for America. "This is my home and my country," he says. "And I want my country to come back together...
Hauerwas is a volatile, complex person with an explosive personality and high-energy style. For many, he is an unlikely pacifist. He insists that Christians should exemplify a radical message of peace. Hauerwas learned this lesson from the Anabaptist theologian John Howard Yoder. Hauerwas has respect for a position known as the just-war perspective, a mode of reflection on war's occasional tragic necessity, either for self-defense or to protect those who might otherwise be slaughtered. But he insists that most Christians who claim that position are not really serious about it, or they would oppose many more...