Subversive Christianity

• Christian Liberty 1

  Since Libertarianism has been the topic of the last couple of days, I thought a discussion about "liberty" from the Christian angle might balance things out a little.  As I wrote in my earlier essay, Politics and Religion,  I think Libertarian principles  should rule in the  cultural  sphere–government has no business legislating morality, but it's

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• Cosmogenesis II

  I suppose if I'm going to make the case for mythopoesis plausible, I have to establish that all of us live within a mythic framework.  I'll try to do that another time, but for now let's just assume that all of us live within belief systems.  And because our belief systems, no matter how sensible

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• Part II: Sinning Originally

  Most educated people I know are uncomfortable with the idea of sin.  They’re fairly sophisticated in their understanding of human psychology, and they recognize that people’s bad behavior is often rooted in childhood abuse or in chemical imbalances in the brain.  Do these people who commit even the most heinous crimes choose to do evil,

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• Part I: Sinning Originally

  As an idea that lies at the very foundation of the Judeo-Christian narrative, original sin competes with other narratives, which for the sake of a short essay like this I’ll simplify into two categories: Eastern (as in Hindu & Buddhist) and Pagan (as in Greek, Germanic, and Celtic).  All three basic narratives comprise many variations,

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