Dietrich Bonheoffer denounced liberal Proetstantism because it preached cheap grace: “Cheap grace is preaching forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession. … Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.”
A leading minister of the United Church in Canda has decided the the [...]
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Just in Time for Easter
March 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
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Erotic Catholicism in Brazil
February 25th, 2008 · No Comments
In Chapter Seven of my book The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity (available on line at another part of this web site) I examine the strong streak of erotic mysticism in Catholicism, a streak that turns to turn men off.
Kath.net has a brief article on Marcelo Rossi, a Brazilian priest who is a hit [...]
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Women Deacons?
February 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz in the Tagesspost (acknowledgement to Kath.net) has asked that the church consider the possibility of opening the diaconate to women. Gerl-Falkovitz is a professor of the philosophy of religion at the Technical University of Dresden. I have heard her speak at the International Institute of Culture’s seminars in Eichstaett, Germany. She is known [...]
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