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posted August 11, 2012 06:42 AM            

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Who are your favorites and why?

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posted August 11, 2012 10:24 AM            

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It would be difficult to pick a favorite The golden thread that runs through the Theologian Works have the same Intention, quest and favored end result.

So as a favorite, it would depend on my quest at that moment.

Today it would be Ibn Arabi .

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posted August 11, 2012 05:08 PM            

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Offhand I'd say Starhawk as I found her quite refreshing from other theologians. But it's been so many years since I've read anything by her or heard her speak (not counting an occasional report on her) that I can't really explain what I found so refreshing, though I can say she saw humanity as not above nor below Nature, but part of it, and created a balance between male & female aspects of divinity that most other theologians lack.

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posted August 11, 2012 05:19 PM            

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Arnold Fructenbaum
Funny, witty, dry sense of humor
Has a Masters degree in Hebrew and Greek
Very intellectual but makes it easy
Humble

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posted August 12, 2012 01:35 PM            

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I enjoy Anglican Theologian Robin Griffith-Jones.

However I must say there is no single Theologian whom I fully agree with, as even literal interpretations do not actually breathe life into Christ's era.

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posted August 13, 2012 07:37 AM            

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Originally posted by Padre35:

I enjoy Anglican Theologian Robin Griffith-Jones.

However I must say there is no single Theologian whom I fully agree with, as even literal interpretations do not actually breathe life into Christ's era.

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what is Griffith Jones' angle/position? (i.e., liberal, conservative, out-there, conventional, etc.)?

I've read some of the Presiding Bishop's books and sermons and like her so far.

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posted August 13, 2012 10:33 AM            

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Originally posted by RegardesPlatero:
what is Griffith Jones' angle/position? (i.e., liberal, conservative, out-there, conventional, etc.)?

I've read some of the Presiding Bishop's books and sermons and like her so far.

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Comes off more as a neutral professor who specializes in apologetics and gives context to the time of Christ.

For example, during the Roman era the region was a breadbasket, a part of the Roman fears of an insurrection was the rebels burning the fields right before harvest depriving the Romans of revenues and food.

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posted August 13, 2012 04:44 PM            

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Robert M Price & Philip K Dick!

Two Super Powered Demi-Gods!

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posted August 13, 2012 05:03 PM            

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Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Not exactly a theologian, but he was a Unitarian minister if that counts.

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posted August 15, 2012 02:44 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Not exactly a theologian, but he was a Unitarian minister if that counts.

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I'd say it counts

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posted July 30, 2013 11:10 AM            

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The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong
http://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=54
He has written many very interesting books and is not afraid of change;
even within himself.

Morton Smith
For his fearless controversial views/theories,
concerning Jesus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Smith

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posted July 30, 2013 06:18 PM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Not exactly a theologian, but he was a Unitarian minister if that counts.

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works for me. He's a household god here in my humble domicile.

I'm just now making the acquaintance of a certin Mr Vladimir Lossky. We'll see how it goes.

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posted August 03, 2013 12:16 PM            

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I've always thought of him as a poet.

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posted August 03, 2013 08:17 PM            

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shura

Randall: Emerson was more of an essayist. His essay Nature was referred to as "The Transcendentalists' Bible" back in the day. It isn't just a manifesto for nature lovers but a rather mysterious, mystical work that helps you see the interconnectedness of all things, if you pay close enough attention.

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posted August 07, 2013 06:00 PM            

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Ah, I see. I know him from quotes I've seen that seem poetic.

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