Since DK4, I've found that I've had a much harder time getting quality diaries out of my hair. I'm not sure what the changeover has to do with my inability to get my words out (some of it might have to do with not having a dissertation to procrastinate over any more, but that was the case for some months before the change, some of it might have to do with my sense that it's much harder to get a conversation going on DK4, so what's the point, and some of it might have to do with who the fuck knows?). As a way of prodding myself to complete at least one of the drafts, I'll treat (or maybe subject) you to a little preview of what I've got cooking on the stove. Intrigued? Come over the flip.
Also, cute guys.
1. The Religious Left: James Cone
For a long, long time I've been promising a continuation of my The Religious Left series with an installment on James Cone, the father of Black Theology. For a flavor of his personality, here's a good video.
2. Changing the Script: Book Review
Pastordan kindly sent me an advance copy of his book Changing the Script: An Authentically Faithful and Authentically Progressive Political Theology for the 21st Century. I promised him a review, which has yet to materialize, though I've got a chunk of it sitting in my draft folder.
3. Global Warming: Two Books
Here I intend to juxtapose Mark Maslin's overview Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction and Sallie McFague's A New Climate for Theology. You can get a taste of McFague's ideas in An Earthly Theological Agenda or Imagining a Theology of Nature: The World as God's Body.
4. Religious Affirmations of Evolution since 1799
Tired of the old idea that evolution has presented nothing but trouble for theology, I've collected a number of positions by theologians in defense of evolution, some of which predate Darwin.
5. What is Religious Pluralism?
Somewhere, I have a sheet of paper with this diary mapped out in greater detail than I have in my head now. I was working on it a few years back, and then other things took over. The best starting point for getting a sense of where this one's head is Harvard's Pluralism Project.
6. Not/Christian
This one will cover three theological statements that deliberately think across a Christian/non-Christian divide, to explore ways of doing theology beyond Christian apologetics.
7. Galileo Goes to Jail: Book Review
Every last Kossack needs to read this damn book and pass it on to her or his friends.