Monthly Archives: July 2011
Mennonite Theology and War: Kaufman and Yoder
Ted Grimsrud—July 31, 2011 With Gordon Kaufman’s passing, an era in the Mennonite world is nearing an end. Kaufman, like his contemporaries, was decisively shaped by his personal experience with World War II and its immediate aftermath. (The era isn’t … Continue reading
Gordon Kaufman, R.I.P.
Ted Grimsrud—July 24, 2011 Gordon Kaufman, a giant among 20th century Christian theologians, died at his home in Cambridge, MA, this past Friday. Kaufman, an emeritus professor at Harvard Divinity School, was 86. Kaufman was well known in theology circles … Continue reading
Filed under Mennonite, Moral philosophy, Pacifism, Theology, World War II
Mercy All the Way Down?
Ted Grimsrud—July 18, 2011 One of my favorite books, Walter Wink’s Engaging the Powers, begins with a most challenging question: “How can we oppose evil without creating new evils and being made evil ourselves?” I wonder often about the role … Continue reading
Filed under Pacifism
Changing Convictions About the Holy Spirit? 1996/2011 (2)
[How, if at all, have my views about the Holy Spirit changed in the past 15 years? This is the sixth of a series of six posts on how my faith convictions have changed (or not) since I have been … Continue reading
Filed under Mennonite, Theology, Universalism
Convictions About the Holy Spirit 1996/2011 (1)
[This is the fifth of a series of six posts on how my faith convictions have changed (or not) in the past 15 years that I have been a college professor. Not long before leaving congregational ministry to begin teaching … Continue reading
Changing Convictions About Jesus? 1996/2011 (2)
Ted Grimsrud—July 3, 2011 [How, if at all, have my views about Jesus changed in the past 15 years? This is the fourth of a series of six posts on how my faith convictions have changed (or not) since I … Continue reading
