#theological — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #theological, aggregated by home.social.
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"#EishetChayil: Woman of Valor – Heroines of Our History is a commentary on the 22 verses of #Proverbs 31, based on #midrash, the #Talmud, classic #rabbinic texts, and #ChabadHassidut. It is published by #Kehot, the central publishing house of the #Chabad-#Lubavitch movement.
The #book does not merely explain “Eishet Chayil”; it positions it as a sweeping #theological and historical statement about #Jewish #womanhood and Jewish survival. The tone is set early on, with sentences like, “At every critical juncture of our long and challenging history, you will find the fearless and wise eishet chayil shepherding us toward our destiny.”
One of the book’s central claims is clear and consistent: Jewish #history does not merely include #women; it is propelled by them."
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"#Ziegler’s Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy is a 534-page book on a four-chapter #megillah. The disproportion is the point. Ziegler, a faculty member at #HerzogCollege and teacher at #MatanandMidreshetMoriah, spent more than two decades teaching #MegillatRuth in #bateimidrash before committing these #shiurim to print. What she has produced is not a work of academic #biblical criticism.
It is a work of #Torah, one that happens to deploy #literary tools in service of the sacred text’s deeper meaning. The methodology she calls “#literary-#theological,” a term she credits to #Rabbi #ShalomCarmy, fulfills something Rabbi #AharonLichtenstein called for in a 1962 lecture at #SternCollege: the application of close reading and literary analysis to #Tanach, not to evaluate the text but to hear it more clearly. “I have eschewed a pretense of academic detachment,” she writes...” -
Lets ask the Rebbe for a comment 🤔 Shall we 🤔 ❓ #yt
Niggun "We Want Moshiach Now"
#nemoradio TL;DR: All I'm saying is be very careful not to let your kids be influenced by #theological fanatics. 🤷
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"#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.
“Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.
She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”
The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."
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"#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.
“Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.
She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”
The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."
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"#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.
“Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.
She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”
The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."
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"#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.
“Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.
She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”
The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."
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"#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.
“Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.
She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”
The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."
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So that everyone understands what madness is at play here. Btw, sorry for the source — this was the only one I could find. The people who are behind this war are these!
#Dispensationalism, #ChristianZionism, and Modern #Israel #yt
Not the person in the video, tho that one is also weird…
#batsh!tinsane #theological fanatism #iranwar
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"Unfortunately, many people know the holiday of #Purim, which occurs next week, only as the “#Jewish #Halloween” – as a big dress-up (or strip-down) party celebrated with meaningless mirth and carnival-like abandon.
I beg to offer a more sober, #theological, and #kabbalistic gloss on the #holiday.
#Tanach (the Bible), #Talmud, #Halacha, and #Kabbalah elevate #wine from beverage to blessing – linking joy to holiness, song to gratitude, and harvest to hope.Drinking wine on Purim is a method of catapulting our consciousness to a perfected world where God’s presence is dominant and evil is vanquished.
Throughout the Jewish canon, beginning with the Bible, the vital relationships between man and woman, between man and God, and between the Jewish people and their God are expressed via the metaphors of vine and wine."
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RE: https://mastodon.green/@juliette/115903958104560104
Often overlooked in #theological writings is the fourth wise person, magi #4. A somewhat neurodivergent unnamed individual who brought the gift of "I'm shutting the fuck up, how about I'll take care of the screaming poop machine for an hour so you can take a peaceful bathroom break."
It was much appreciated.
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Did #JesusChrist actually exist?
Was #Jesus a Real #Historical Person?Or is he a #theological construct that emerged over time? In this in-depth video, we explore the controversial arguments of #RichardCarrier as presented in his 2025 book The Obsolete Paradigm of a #HistoricalJesus. This episode critically examines early #Christian texts, #nonChristian historical sources, and the use of #Bayesian probability to reassess one of #history’s most debated questions.
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10 Reasons #Judaism Doesn’t Make Sense
#GodlessAndGrounded #JudaismDebunked #Atheism
In this video, we break down ten core #beliefs and doctrines of Judaism that simply don’t hold up under logic, history, or reason. This is not an attack on #Jewish people — this is a critique of #religious ideas, #scriptures, and #theological claims that shape the world even today.
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Some #theological hills I am willing to die on:
1) The plenary inspiration of #scripture
2) At bare minimum, adherence to the #doctrines proclaimed by the first four Councils of the undivided #church must be upheld.
3) The #eucharist / #lordssupper ought to be celebrated *weekly*.
4) The #eucharist / #lordssupper , while symbolic, is not merely symbolic but also a true/real encounter/communion with Jesus.
5) #Baptism *must* be done in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
6) Baptism is #regenerative
7) #Liturgical #worship is essential because the #bible itself reveals the Church’s worship as liturgical.
8) The #unity of the Church is not merely a spiritual reality (i.e. invisible), but a reality that ought to be visible for all the world to see.
9) Except in the cases of #heresy or wholesale unrepentant #sin within a portion of the Church, rending the Church’s unity is sinful. (So, disagreements over adiaphora are not worthy of division -- no matter how much one love's their pet theological theory)
10) All #christians must pray for and actively work towards and for the reunification of the Church. -
#God #Forgives #Rapists & #Murderers… But Not This?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ULU27JMtOk
#Christians claim that God is all-forgiving—so why does the #Bible say there's one sin He can’t #forgive? In this video, I break down the doctrine of #blasphemy against the #HolySpirit, examining the verses, #contradictions, and #theological confusion surrounding it. We also expose how #Christian #pastors and #apologists can’t even agree on what this sin actually is or if it can be committed today.
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#ShadyVance, at #ChristianNationalist (Fascist) #revival, says #Racist #immigration #stance is in keeping with #faith
He used the setting to make a #theological #defense of the #GOP #campaign’s controversial #immigration #policies and to #appeal to Wallnau’s #conservative #Christian #crowd in a hotly contested #swingstate.
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“One might also be tempted to catalog the most comically incendiary lines ('Oh Lord, our Lord, we want to be awake & not woke'). But the most interesting way to look at these prayers is to examine the #theological motifs…
“The #scripture verse that’s cited most…in the #prayers comes from 2 Chronicles. 'If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves & pray & seek my face & turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,& I will forgive their sin & will heal their land' -
📢New Publication Alert!
🎶'#Music and #Spirituality: #Theological Approaches, Empirical Methods, and #Christian #Worship', ed. by George Corbett & Sarah Moerman, is out now!
This collection brings together leading scholars from various disciplines – including #Christian #theology, #musicology, and #psychology and #neuroscience – to interrogate the intimate relationship between music and #spirituality.
Organised in three parts – #theological approaches, empirical methods, and #Christian worship – the volume covers a vibrant array of topics.
This collection will be an invaluable resource for scholars in the growing field of #Christian #theology and music and will serve as a cornerstone for future research at the intersection of #theology, #music, and #psychology and #neuroscience.
🔗Access it for free or get your own hard copy at https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0403
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Here's a Sadler's Lectures podcast episode on Kant's discussion of the third of the transcendental ideas (the Theological Idea) in part 3 of his Prolegomena To Any Future Metaphysics.
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/immanuel-kant-prolegomena-the-theological-idea-or-the-ideal-of-reason
#Podcast #Kant #Prolegomena #Metaphysics #Theological #Philosophy -
In his Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics, Immanuel Kant discusses three ideas figuring into the dialectic of reason. The third is the theological idea. Here's a core concept video on that
https://youtu.be/hfICPOQk51E
#Kant #Prolegomena #Metaphysics #Reason #Idea #Theological #God -
Some #theological & #ethical trends #Western #Christians have fallen prey to, which require course correction:
> a secularized #theology, with no room for the #supernatural.
> The continued active presence & work of the #holyspirit is ignored or outright denied.
> a rejection of the Bible’s ethical norms, especially around #sexualethics, which have been abandoned in favor of an Cross-less subjectivist #morality.
> the abandonment of #mission & #evangelism & an concurrent #religious #relativism . -
It occurred to me that #cars are the most powerful road users. And that the car lobby is also one of the strongest. To then sit down on the street as a vulnerable pedestrian and protest, isn't that the true " #SpeakingTruthToPower " ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_truth_to_power ) today? Or do you think drivers are being unfairly attacked for things they are not responsible for? If you answer as a #Quaker, maybe you also write to which #theological wing you belong. @quakers #theobubble #fedikirche #climatecrisis
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It occurred to me that #cars are the most powerful road users. And that the car lobby is also one of the strongest. To then sit down on the street as a vulnerable pedestrian and protest, isn't that the true " #SpeakingTruthToPower " ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_truth_to_power ) today? Or do you think drivers are being unfairly attacked for things they are not responsible for? If you answer as a #Quaker, maybe you also write to which #theological wing you belong. @quakers #theobubble #fedikirche #climatecrisis
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Surely we #evangelical #christians can hold our #theological #convictions firmly, but do so with #graciousness, #love, and #humility !
I can’t read Jesus’s call to be salt and light for the world (Matthew 5:13-16) without holding all the above together.
