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  • Why A Crucifixion?

    Why A Crucifixion?

    Crucifixion

    Tony Jones, as part of hit #progGOD challenge, asks: why a Crucifixion?

    There’s a whole lot of theology wrapped up in such a simple question, but rather than delving into all the varying views of the atonement or tediously exegeting Scripture I’m just going to share some thoughts that come to mind when I think about the crucifixion.

    Why a crucifixion? So there could be a resurrection! The crucifixion is all about the resurrection. When we stop at Christ’s death on the cross, we’ve cut the story short — we’ve turned the TV off at the final commercial break, we’ve left the movie theater mid-film to go get more popcorn, we’ve dozed off in bed a few chapters shy of the novel’s end. (more…)

  • Who said writing theological limericks can’t be lucrative?

    Who said writing theological limericks can’t be lucrative?

    Apocryphal Tony Jones cardMy thanks to Tony Jones for running his Theologian Trading Card Contest. It turns out that I was a lucky winner thanks to this limerick about Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza:

    To Schüssler Fiorenza women are indebted.
    Before her they were largely uncredited.
    She thoughtfully shared
    And with boldness declared
    A feminist theology intrepid!

    Somewhat oddly, my limerick about Schüssler Fiorenza didn’t garner me a card signed by her, but instead I won a signed Kevin J. Vanhoozer card — though I have no real complaints about what was a great contest with great prizes! (Although there was one snide comment from an unnamed significant other who said the quality of my limericks offended her sensibilities as an English Literature major and as a human being. To that sentiment I demur, though I’ll readily agree that it would be unwise to quit my day job in order to pursue a career of theological limerick writing.)

    And, even if you missed this contest, you can still purchase your own set of Theologian Trading Cards.