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Job Rating: College Professors
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xscot mcknight
CNN published yesterday its new ranking of jobs. And, lo and behold!, they rank college professors at #2. The secret is now out, so I’m glad I got my teaching post before everyone and their offspring realized that teaching is the second greatest thing there is.
The Gospel of Judas 5
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xscot mcknight
Bart Ehrman, in his essay in the National Geographic presentation of the translation of The Gospel of Judas, once again raises his oft-argued point: by the time of Nicea (c. 325) there was a “winning” side and a “losing” side. The winners were the “orthodox.” The losers were the heretics. Prior to that time, Christianity…
Traditional Mass Returning?
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xscot mcknight
There are rumors that the Pope Benedict XVI may declare a “universal indult” (permission) for local parishes to return to the 1962 Missal (Tridentine Mass) where the mass was said in Latin, the form prior to Vatican II. The political and theological implications for such a decision would be enormous. The rumor is that it…
Emerging Peter: Systemic Analysis
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xscot mcknight
Never has there been a day when it is easier than today to believe in the Devil of Peter. Why? Because Peter connects the Devil with systemic violence. And never have we faced what Walter Wink calls the “powers,” and we need to name for what they are so we can resist them.
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