Faced with the impossible choice between being intellectually honest or following Jesus, I chose intellectual honesty and became an agnostic. That was until a professor recommended Mark Noll’s book, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. It saved and transformed my faith. In it Noll notes four key historical movements that were responsible for evangelicalism’s anti-intellectual … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Treasures the Life of the Mind As a Sacred Means of Worship
Holism
Beatnik Christian Harnesses the Complex Reality of Christlike Masculinity
There are those of us out there striving to become holistic men of character with deep feelings, nuanced thoughts, receptive souls, fit bodies, and healthy relationships. We refuse to choose between Ron Swanson or Mr. Rogers as our paragon for masculinity, and we aren't having an existential disorientation because the social order rightfully labels us self-centered jackasses if … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christian Harnesses the Complex Reality of Christlike Masculinity
Beatnik Christianity Leans More Toward Byzantine & Celtic Theology
The theological legacy of Augustine is just awful. Dude established precedents that permanently butchered Western Christianity with his teachings on things like original sin, grace, sexuality, Mary, (androcentric) natural law, just war theory, and predestination. He's like an ancient Wayne Grudem, painstakingly trying to remove mystery and tension in order to create a tidy … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Leans More Toward Byzantine & Celtic Theology
