Curious Christian

This morning I was reading about William Lane Craig’s rejection of the eternal begottenness of the Son. Dwelling on this, I was reminded of another recent controversy within American Evangelicalism: Eternal Functional Subordination. They represent very different conclusions, but both seem to rebalance the relationship between the immanent Trinity—who Father, Son and Spirit et...

I’m always a little bemused when atheists describe Buddhism as an atheistic religion. I understand the reasoning: Buddhism doesn’t centre on a creator God, and some forms of Buddhism can certainly be practised without belief in a personal deity. But I wonder whether “atheistic religion” is really adequate as a description of Buddhism. Perhaps “atheism” is being used less as a...

I’m seeing a lot of US conservatives trying to problematise the phrase “Christian nationalism.” It really isn’t that complicated. Christian nationalism belongs to the broader family of religious nationalism: ideologies that fuse religious and national identity. Think Islamism, Hindutva, or religious Zionism. The particular theology and politics differ, but the basic pheno...

I sometimes encounter an assumption, both among critics of Christianity and among Christians themselves, that the God of the Old Testament is fundamentally different from the God revealed by Jesus. Critics may point to the Old Testament’s violence and judgment as evidence that Christianity’s God is morally problematic, while some Christians effectively respond by saying t...

Some weeks ago I came across this meme comparing two passages of Scripture: David’s response to the Ark of the Covenant in 2 Samuel 6:9 and Elizabeth’s words to Mary in Luke 1:43. The suggestion was that Luke intentionally presents Mary in connection with the Ark of the Covenant. My first reaction was to suspect a Catholic-biased interpretation of the passage. But rather ...