Category Archives: Ethics

The Politics of Transformed International Relations

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

My latest post on Political Theology Today went online this morning. This post discusses Ephesians 2:11-22— As contemporary Christians reading these passages, we can fumble for conceptual rationales for the intensity of Paul’s concern to hold Jews and Gentiles together. … Continue reading →

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Before Obergefell: Some Thoughts on How We Got Here

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

Yesterday I guest posted over on the Theopolis Institute, addressing the question of how we arrived at the widespread cultural affirmation of same-sex marriage. I particularly focus upon the role played by liberal capitalism and its values. Individual choice and … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Economics, Ethics, Guest Post, In the News, Politics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 19 Comments

Our Culture of Reading and the End of Dialogue in the Internet Age

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

Matt Lee Anderson has a typically perceptive essay over at Mere Orthodoxy on the subject of our habits of reading in the Internet Age and how these are unconducive to reflective and receptive dialogue. He writes: I suggested above that a … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Ethics, On the web, Society, The Blogosphere | 26 Comments

Christians, Liturgy, and the Past—Part 1

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

I have guest posted over on Theopolis Institute again, this time the first part of a two part series on the need to be reflective about the ways that and reasons why we use historic liturgical traditions in contemporary Christian … Continue reading →

Posted in Church History, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, Liturgical Theology, The Church, The Sacraments, Theological, Worship | Leave a comment

Call Me Caitlyn?

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

I was invited to guest post on the subject of Caitlyn Jenner over on Threads. [S]eeing Jenner in the ill-fitting accoutrements of his Caitlyn persona we should recognize the sad futility of the transition he is trying to accomplish. Carefully … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, In the News, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 27 Comments

Matt Lee Anderson on Gay Marriage

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

My friend and fellow Mere Fidelity participant, Matt Lee Anderson, has published a lengthy article in which he presents a case for his opposition to same sex marriage. Matt’s argument is almost certainly not one that you will have heard … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, On the web, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Blogosphere, Theological | 4 Comments

Podcast: Evangelical Blind Spots with Collin Hansen

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

In our latest episode of Mere Fidelity, we interview Collin Hansen about his new book, Blind Spots. Within the book, Hansen describes three different types of personalities and strengths that one encounters in the Church and the blind-spots that can correspond to … Continue reading →

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Different Tendencies in Modes of Friendship and How to Think of Them

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

Scot McKnight generously published a comment that I left on a blog post a few days ago as a post of its own. I appended a few theological comments to it to provide a clearer impression of how I believe that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, Links, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 56 Comments

Podcast: Free Range Parenting

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

Our latest podcast is on the currently controversial subject of free range parenting. The case that sparked this discussion is reported here. Other articles that are relevant to this discussion are the following by Megan McArdle, Michael Lewis, and Michael … Continue reading →

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Sexual Difference, Liberal and Christian

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

The Theopolis Institute has just published an article of mine on the subject of sexual difference: [I]n creating us male and female, God established an otherness whose specific form is given great significance. In our thinking about otherness, the form of … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 5 Comments