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Cultural Studies As I mentioned before, I’m starting an adventure into the world of “cultural studies.” (I called it “media studies” before but doing more research I think that it really cultural studies.) My justification for this is below in my “media studies” post but maybe need to explain why I think this is different […]

Media studies Spinning off of up/rooted’s last meeting, esp. the discussion of virtual reality and worship, i must voice something that I’ve been thinking for a while. Coming out of my reading in African theology (Theology and Identity) I’ve come to see the necessity of learning about “media studies” and “communication theory.” (this is coming […]

I said last wednesday that I would write a short summary of Joe Myers’ the seach to belong so that I could be sure that I’m understanding him right. (but this may not be short; and i’ll try to distinguish summary of Joe’s thoughts with my own relfections). here are the first three chapters. he […]

Here is a a fuller run down of Ed Phillips presentation, which in reality was much better. (referring to previous post) He began by mentioning that one of his current crusades concerning worship/liturgical thought is to rid the phrase “worship experience” from our lexicon. He pointed out that instead of speaking of a worship service […]

i just came from one of our most amazing up/rooted gatherings ever with Ed Phillips of Garrett.. I’ll be posting a summary on the site soon, but i have to get some thoughts/reflections out while they are still fresh. concerning worship/liturgy and reality/virtual reality: he spoke of 19th century revivalism, particularly Charles Finney and how […]

Here are some compelling quotes from African Theologian. The emerging church in America should listen to them… The are from either Theology and Identity or Christianity in Africa, both by Kwame Bediako. “For there are many who feel that the spiritual sickness of the West, which reveals itself in the divorce of the sacred from […]

and a work in progress exploring the us of metaphors in art and the way they interact with nature/natural. this is a bad reflection of mesa while driving through western NM. Mesa__________________________________Mesa Ancient vestiges, timeless stones_____________They rise from earth, reveal the terrainial foundations._____________stair by stair _______________________________________their ancient abode ascend. Layers cracked long deserted, rumbled wreckage […]

things to think about on this blog (so i don’t forget) after virtue, search for belonging, african theology, alienation and existentialism, theology and persons (primal situation of theology), narrative theology, postmodern churches, death, metaphor and mesas. and all the stuff i forgot but will add.

yesterday dave whited and i went the Passion Experience Tour here at Trinity. I went two years ago (and used it as a “text” to analyze in a seminary class) and thought that I should check it out to see if things that I said still held true. dave crowder and Charlie hall we there […]

I recently just finished joe myers book the search to belong. It has been one of the most helpful books that I have recently finished (besides Alasdair MacIntyre’s after virtue). a little bit ago a couple of us sat down with joe and talked about the application of the ideas present by joe. here are […]