Remember that highly gif-ified scene from The Avengers where Tony Stark rolls his eyes at Steve Rogers for catching the flying monkeys pop culture reference? I usually manage to keep it inside, but that's exactly how I feel every... single... time... I hear White bros talk about what it means to be the (dick)head of the family and what the role of women should be in the Church … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Places Zero Restrictions Upon Women
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Beatnik Christianity Disavows the American Legacy of Puritanical Erotic Suppression
American society has officially accomplished the impossible. Against all odds, we've somehow managed to become both prudish and licentious, stoic and hedonistic, stifled and boisterous in our sexual expression. I don't know whether to be impressed or annoyed. Personally, I wish we didn't have to worry about Victoria's Secret commercials that teach little boys to objectify women … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Disavows the American Legacy of Puritanical Erotic Suppression
Beatnik Christianity Recognizes Scripture’s Awkwardness and Fuzziness on Marriage
The more one deep-dives the evolving relational contract of marriage within the Bible the more it becomes clear it's as awkward as it is fuzzy. Almost none of our modern marital ideals like love, trust, equality, communication, and reciprocity are anywhere near as apparent as we'd like. Instead what we find throughout the Old Testament are practices like arranged marriages, … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Recognizes Scripture’s Awkwardness and Fuzziness on Marriage
Beatnik Christianity Demythologizes Marriage & Sex
For years I invested an obscene amount of time studying the biblical texts on marriage and sex. I sincerely hoped to emerge with a novel insight, crisp perspective, or strong conviction. No such luck, I'm afraid. To be clear, I didn't deconstruct these biblical texts into progressive oblivion. It's not that there's nothing there, it's just not there in the way we might wish. … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Demythologizes Marriage & Sex
Beatnik Christianity Recognizes That Little of “Traditional Marriage” Is Traditional
Christian culture loves talking about traditional marriage. Sometimes this involves waxing poetically about God's perfect intentions for the complementary union of man and woman, but more often than not these days it's a diatribe crossed with a jeremiad. Traditional marriage has taken on apocalyptic significance. It's presented to us as divine retribution being invoked by … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Recognizes That Little of “Traditional Marriage” Is Traditional
