Category Archives: Theological

Podcast: Politics

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

This week’s Mere Fidelity podcast is on the subject of politics. Matt Lee Anderson, Derek Rishmawy, and I discuss whether politics is too central in evangelical thought. Have we lost sight of a ‘public’ beyond the political? You can also … Continue reading →

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Lent 2016

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

The following are a few Lent related links from previous years. My (uncompleted) Forty Days of Exoduses series from 2013 Lent, Individualism, and Christian Piety (an email conversation with Jake Meador)

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Podcast: Weekly Worship

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

Our whole cast is back for the latest Mere Fidelity podcast on the subject of weekly worship and its purpose. I lost connection to the call early on, and the others had to go on without me. You can also … Continue reading →

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Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 4: Jesus as God’s Glory Face in John’s Gospel

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

The fourth part of my ten part treatment of the Transfiguration and Christian reading of Scripture went online earlier today on Reformation21. The claim in John 1:18–‘no one has seen God at any time’–is a statement that needs to be … Continue reading →

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Religious Violence and the Logic of Sacrifice

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

A very short piece of mine has just been published over on the Political Theology Today blog, on the question of the relationship between religion and violence. Here, I believe, we find a helpful place to begin a discussion of … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Hillsong

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

In our latest podcast, Matt, Derek, and I discuss this recent article about Hillsong NYC. You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS feed. Listen to past episodes on Soundcloud and on this page on my blog. *WE ARE CURRENTLY … Continue reading →

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Infant Baptism and the Promise of Grace

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

An article of mine on the subject of infant baptism and Reformation debates concerning the relationship between grace and the administration of the sacrament of baptism has just been published over on Reformation21. In characterizing magisterial Reformed objections to the … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Representational Rule

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

My latest post over on Political Theology Today is a discussion of the lessons that we may learn about political representation from Paul’s teaching about the Church in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11: Woven throughout the passage is an account of both … Continue reading →

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Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 3: Transfiguration as Theophany

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

The third part of my series (parts 1 and 2) on the Transfiguration and our reading of Scripture has just been published over on Reformation21: When the Angel is accompanied by the Glory, it is the Glory-Face of the LORD … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Continual Thanksgiving

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

The Political Theology Today blog has been offline over the past week, so my latest post has gone up a week late. To some, this defining Christian practice of thanksgiving may appear to be rather unpromising as a source of … Continue reading →

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