Theology archive at Jacob S. Heiss

Archive for the 'Theology' Category

A New Day?

Published by Jacob S. Heiss June 29th, 2008 in Slice of life, Praxis and Theology. Closed

So, I recently received an email from one of the rectors of All Saints Episcopal Church in Long Beach, California detailing the recent goings-on in the Anglican communion, the third largest group of Christians in the world (following Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox). Here’s a snippet:
Beloved members of All Saints’,
This article (click here for full […]

On Barth and Bultmann

Published by Jacob S. Heiss January 13th, 2007 in Praxis and Theology. 1 Comment

So I’m to contribute to a study group for my class on the theology of Karl Barth. Doing some last-minute research on-line yielded the following selection from the response of one blogger to another:
To me, trying to strip away the myth of the text to get at the kerygma is a bit like explaining why […]