Which Jesus do we preach?
Posted by Henrik Korslind in Bible, Books, Featured Articles, Theology, contextual theology on 13. Apr, 2009 | 2 Comments
I went to Sofia kyrka (part of the swedish lutheran church) this afternoon. There Jonas Gardell (comedian, writer and artist) shared his view on who Jesus Christ was. Om Jesus Gardell previously wrote a book called About God (2003) and this easter his new book About Jesus (2009) was published. I haven’t had the time [...]
Theology in the making (Part 1)
Posted by Henrik Korslind in Church, Featured Articles, Theology, contextual theology on 22. Mar, 2009 | 2 Comments
Emergent and missional church are two of many new names or definitions, all trying to describe “new” ways of church life and organisation. At the core it’s basically all about creating a definition of the ecclesiology (the study of doctrine pertaining to the Church itself as a community or organic entity and with the understanding [...]
Six desires of piety
Posted by Henrik Korslind in Books, Church, Kingdom of God, Mission, Theology, contextual theology on 02. Jul, 2008 | 0 Comments
My summer reading of biographies continues and this time with a book about John Wesley. I’ve started to read “Wesley and the People called Methodists” written by Richard P. Heitzenrater. The first part of this 300+ pages volume is about the early development of the Church in England and how it gradually became the Church [...]
Lost in Translation
Posted by Henrik Korslind in Books, Church, Featured Articles, Film, Mission, Theology, contextual theology on 21. May, 2008 | 0 Comments
Back in 2004 I saw Sofia Coppola’s debut movie Lost in Translation staring Bill Murray (Broken Flowers, The Darjeeling Limited, The Royal Tenenbaums) who plays the role of a actor named Bob Harris. Harris is in Tokyo, Japan to film a commercial for Suntory whiskey. As he arrives to the film set he meets the [...]
Contextual theology – as in gender-neutral?
Posted by Henrik Korslind in Newspapers, Theology, contextual theology on 18. Mar, 2008 | 1 Comment
Today Dagen published an article about the lutheran church in Norway. There has been a debate in the church whether they should keep on baptize people in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. A priest in the city of Hamar wanted to remove the masculine language in the baptism liturgy. The [...]
