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Robert D. Cornwall
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Deconstruction, Reconstruction, & Being Called to Bless
We allknow about the slow decline of Mainline Protestantism. Over the years, the once-dominantdenominations have declined significantly in numbers. There are numerous reasonsfor it, but the truth is these traditional denominations, including the one inwhich I’m ordained, have failed to retain their children and draw in newmembers. Many of the children of older Mainliners e
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Reimagining God We tend to envision God through our own cultural lenses. For Christians whose theology is influenced by white/European categories, as well as patriarchal ones, God becomes a white male. As a result this vision has empowered white male ...more |
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“While All three Abrahamic religions offer a linear view of reality, in that all three assume that God is to be found not in the past but in the present and the future, all three traditions look back to founding principles that are enshrined in sacred texts. So, without giving up that eschatological vision, it behooves us to examine our roots so we can discover what is present in our spiritual DNA. Then we can proceed faithfully into the future, while we remain anchored in those founding visions present in our sacred texts.”
― Called to Bless: Finding Hope by Reclaiming Our Spiritual Roots
― Called to Bless: Finding Hope by Reclaiming Our Spiritual Roots
“Charity is today a 'political charity.'. . . it means the transformation of a society structured to benefit a few who appropriate to themselves the value of the work of others. This transformation ought to be directed toward a radical change in the foundation of society, that is, the private ownership of the means of production.”
― A Theology of Liberation
― A Theology of Liberation
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
― Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
― Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
“Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which it soars to the truth.”
― Fides et Ratio: On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason
― Fides et Ratio: On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason
“While All three Abrahamic religions offer a linear view of reality, in that all three assume that God is to be found not in the past but in the present and the future, all three traditions look back to founding principles that are enshrined in sacred texts. So, without giving up that eschatological vision, it behooves us to examine our roots so we can discover what is present in our spiritual DNA. Then we can proceed faithfully into the future, while we remain anchored in those founding visions present in our sacred texts.”
― Called to Bless: Finding Hope by Reclaiming Our Spiritual Roots
― Called to Bless: Finding Hope by Reclaiming Our Spiritual Roots
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