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The Experimental Theology 2009 Year in Review
"Remember you got a father," he used to say. "You weren't born by yourself."
The Snake Handling Churches of Appalachia: Part 1, Texts, Codes and Translations
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Catholic Catechesis?
Christmas and the Heart of God
Wiccans: A Case Study in Faith and Historicity?
Universalism: A Summary Defense
War on Christmas Watch: The Christ-mas Tree
Notes on Demons & the Powers: Part 10, Demons in the Gospels
Is Santa Claus Real? A Parent's Epistemological Meditation
The Imperfections of Man and the Limits of Reason
Notes on Demons & the Powers: Part 9, Stringfellow on Death and the Powers
Government Intervention I Can Get Behind
Rick Warren's Video Encyclical to Ugandan Pastors
Warning: Smoking Makes You Unattractive
What Creates Morality? Biology or Religion?
Notes on Demons & the Powers: Part 8, The Inner Aspect of Material Manifestations of Power
Moral Spending, Immoral Living?
Notes on Demons & The Powers: Part 7, The Spirituality of the Powers
Tiger, the Salahis, You and Me
On Tiger Woods, Gossip and Morality
Notes on Demons & The Powers: Part 6, Yoder on the Powers
Notes on Demons & The Powers: Part 5, The Angels of the Nations
Marley's Ghost: "'Mankind was my business."
Notes on Demons & The Powers: Part 4, The Language of the Powers
Does watching football lead to domestic violence?
All Aboard The Polar Express: Death, Monkeys, Robots and the Uncanny Valley
Notes on Demons & The Powers: Part 3, Evil as Residual (or Hannibal Lecter)
Notes on Demons & The Powers: Part 2, Evil and Illness in the Modern World
Did the Prosperity Gospel Cause the Housing Crisis?
Notes on Demons & The Powers: Part 1, How are we to think about demons?
Tex-Mex, Poor Man's Cake and Other Depression-Era Cuisine
Christians and Torture: Part 6, Hell and Torture
"Jesus Fixes Everything": Faith, War, Mental Health and PTSD
2012, Apocalypse and the End of the World
Water on the Moon and Demythologizing
Paranormal Activity and the Joy of Fear
Christians and Torture: Part 5, Torturing a Family Man
99.999...% Pacifist = 100% Pacifist
Grandpa and Pacifism: A Veteran's Day Meditation
Christians and Torture: Part 4, Empathy and Outrage (9/11 versus Abu Ghraib)
Swearing, Pain and the "Oh my God!" Phenomenon
Science as Prophet and Messiah
Adiaphora and How You Squeeze the Toothpaste
Christians and Torture: Part 3, Conformity, Authority and Religious Justification
Christians and Torture: Part 2, When God Sanctions Killing
Giving Up Your Place in Heaven
Christians and Torture: Part 1, The Pew Report
SuperFreakonomics & The Greatest Question Ever Asked
The KIngdom of God: Fun, Improv and Flash Mobs
Trick or Treat?: Musings on Monsters, Judgement Houses, and the Survival of the Virgins
Weddings: Real, Imagined, and Yet to Come
"I desire mercy, not sacrifice.": A Sermon
The Cognitive Science of Moral Failure: Dumbfounded
The Cognitive Science of Moral Failure: Prejudice and Blink
The Cognitive Science of Moral Failure: "Nobody Knows Themselves"
The Cognitive Science of Moral Failure: The Stroop Effect
The Bait and Switch of Contemporary Christianity
The Moral Psychology of Liberals and Conservatives: Disgust & Love
Freud & Faith: Part 6, O God, Our Mother and Father
Freud & Faith: Part 5, The Best Parents in America
Freud & Faith: Part 4, The Potty
Freud & Faith: Part 3, Sex and Aggression
Freud & Faith: Part 1, Insight
Work & Luck: Thoughts on Outliers
Hip Christianity: Part 6, Selling Out
Hip Christianity: Part 5, Stuff White People Like
Hip Christianity: Part 4, High & Low, Bebop & Beat
Hip Christianity: Part 3, Christianity is Cool
Hip Christianity: Part 2, When Bad is Good
"This is water, this is water..."
Hip Christianity: Part 1, Seeing and Authenticity
Torture & Allegiance: Part 3, A Christian Response?
Torture & Allegiance: Part 2, Martyrs or Criminals?
Torture & Allegiance: Part 1, The Location of Torture
The Banality of Evil, Torture, and Mindlessness
Sticks & Stones: Part 4, Insult, Flirtation & Humor
Sticks & Stones: Part 3, Insult Sensitivity, Ego and Humility
Between Good Friday and Easter
Sticks & Stones: Part 2, Exploring Blasphemy Sensitivity
Sticks & Stones: Part 1, The Social Cost of Blasphemy
Alone, Suburban & Sorted: Part 9, Becoming a Third Place
Alone, Suburban & Sorted: Part 8, Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Alone, Suburban & Sorted: Part 7, The Third Place
Alone, Suburban & Sorted: Part 6, A Purple State of Mind
The Responsibility Project (TIIII #10)
Alone, Suburban & Sorted: Part 5, Sameness and Shouting
Alone, Suburban & Sorted: Part 4, The Big Sort
Alone, Suburban & Sorted: Part 3, Broken Bridges
Alone, Suburban & Sorted: Part 2, Church and Politics
Guinness, Statistics & Christianity: A St. Patrick's Day Meditation
Alone, Suburban, & Sorted: Part 1, "That they bowled together made all the difference."
Cafeteria Christianity: Picking & Choosing
The Theology of Monsters: Part 7, Extending Hospitality to Monsters
The Theology of Monsters: Part 6, Monsters, Horror & Death
The Theology of Monsters: Part 5, Illicit Hybrids & The Fate of the Church
The Dynamics of the Credit Crisis (Things I'm Interested In, Installment #9)
The Theology of Monsters: Part 4, The Greatest Monster Story Ever Told
The E-Trade Baby (Things I'm Interested In, Installment #8)
The Theology of Monsters: Part 3, Monsters and Heros
The Theology of Monsters: Part 2, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The Theology of Monsters: Part 1, Omens & Warnings
The Bourgeoisie and the Frustrations of Theology: Part 3, The Saints of Ordinary Life
The Bourgeoisie and the Frustrations of Theology: Part 2, Life Before the Bourgeoisie
The Bourgeoisie and the Frustrations of Theology: Part 1, The Western Identity
Thoughts on Mark Driscoll...While I'm Knitting
Original Sin: Final Post, William Stringfellow on Sin & Salvation
Original Sin: Part 8, Worm Theology and Malthusian Guilt
Original Sin: Part 7, Hobbesian Traps and War in a Malthusian World
Original Sin: Part 6, Mimetic Rivalry and Mirror Neurons in a Malthusian World
Original Sin: Interlude, The Joker's Ferry Game
Original Sin: Part 5, A Game Theoretic Summary of Sin in the Malthusian World
Original Sin: Part 4, Reconsidering Paul on Original Sin
Original Sin: Part 3, Immoral Society in a Malthusian World
Original Sin: Part 2, Human Acquisitiveness in a Malthusian World
"Can you get to heaven from the potty?"
Original Sin: Part 1, Human Biodegradability in a Malthusian World
Adverbial Placement & the Oath: Things I'm Interested In (Installment #7)
The Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television: Profanity as Gnostic Affront
The Non-Verbals of Welcome: Part 3, A Daily Eye Muscle Workout
Citizen's Briefing Book: Things I'm Interested In (Installment #6)
The Non-Verbals of Welcome: Part 2, Holy Kisses, Handshakes, and Hugs
The Non-Verbals of Welcome: Part 1, Contact Comfort and Healing
The Free Hugs Campaign: Things I'm Interested In (Installment #5)
Hell and Cognitive Development