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Second Saturday Conversation
Christianity in and for the 21st Century
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The Marcus J. Borg Foundation is committed to reimagining a realistic and meaningful Christianity for the 21st century. Our foundation builds upon the historical and theological research of Marcus J. Borg. We are a resource for conversation, study and community building.
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Poetics, not Dogmatics (Part 2)
For our April 13, 2024 Second Saturday Conversation I continued exploring dogmatics and poetics. In this session I contrasted theology and Theopoetics. To suggest one contrast: Theology declares. Theopoetics invites. Both theology and Theopoetics are responses to the mystery of
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Poetics, not Dogmatics (Part 1)
I began a conversation titled Poetics not Dogmatics. (Poetics is a broader category than poetry.) Poetics invites, provokes, engages imagination. Dogmatics are definitive and determinative. Poetics is open. Dogmatics seeks closure. The language of poetics (and it is not always
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Standing Together in Awe: Four Stages in our Learning to Love the Natural World (Featuring Belden Lane)
February 10 we had the pleasure of having Belden Lane as our guest for Second Saturday Conversation: “Standing Together in Awe: Four Stages in our Learning to Love the Natural World.” Belden led us through our “using” the natural world
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