First, if you want an extended analysis of postliberal theology and its political implications, please check out my new book, Who Is a True Christian? I discuss postliberals throughout but especially in chapters 3 and 4. amzn.to/4edsz60
Jul 31 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Among the many racist aspects of this new effort at birtherism is the underappreciated aspect of how White Christian Nationalism views "race mixing" as unnatural and unchristian. Those of us who are multiracial, racially mixed, or racially ambiguous are seen as the enemy.
By "nature," according to these racist weirdos, a person should be a single race or ethnicity, clearly identifiable as belonging "here" or "there." Any kind of ambiguity is unthinkable and uncategorizable. Such people are unnatural, monstrous—something to be shunned.
Mar 20 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
I finished @DirectorMLK’s remarkable book last night and I really wish I had been able to read it sooner to incorporate it into my new Who Is a True Christian? book.
There are three key themes that connect to my work that I want to say more about. 🧵
First, Martin's book demonstrates better than anything since @kkdumez's JJW the problems with the Bebbington Quadrilateral as a definition of evangelicalism. As Martin shows, Hoover did not fit the theology of evangelicalism, but he was an evangelical where it mattered: WCN.
Mar 10 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
I know it's #Oscars night, but I wanted to address a common objection I'm hearing from theologians in a brief 🧵
The "Angel of the Lord" concept is insufficient to address the theological concerns of the bishops at Nicaea. Something ontologically stronger is required to fulfill this purpose.
Put like this, I don't disagree. But there's a deeper set of issues.
Nov 28, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Some brief theological thoughts on LOKI. A thread—with season 2 spoilers.
Both seasons of Loki have explored this tension between predestination and free will, with the Sacred Timeline representing predestination and Loki and friends wanting to find some way to preserve free will.
May 13, 2023 • 44 tweets • 8 min read
1. THREAD on evangelicalism, "ancient/historic Christianity," and the antimodern discourse coalition of today's Christian Right—as well as a preview of my forthcoming @CUPReligion book, Who Is a True Christian?
2. As someone who knows Matt Milliner (@millinerd) from our days at Princeton Seminary, I have only good things to say about him as a person. But his latest piece in @commentmag is a perfect example of what I critique at length in my book. comment.org/waking-ancient…
