Philosophy for Theology: Aesthetics and Theology
Aesthetics and Theology A year ago, I had the joy of reading Aesthetics in a redwood forest in the hills near Santa Cruz. It was a great way to pass the time as my wife …
Rondall Reynoso
Philosophy for Theology: The Difference in Modern and Pre-modern Cosmological and Anthropological Presuppositions
During my Ph.D. coursework, I took a class called Philosophy for Theology. My art scholarship was becoming more philosophical as I worked on Aesthetics and I felt I needed more philosophical grounding. So, this course …
Art and faith: Never say “Mission Accomplished”
Virtually everyone involved in Christianity and the visual arts know of the organization Christians in the Visual Arts. Since 1979, CIVA was at the center of the art and faith conversation. The organization shuttered operations …
Roe v. Wade Overturned: The stories you need to read
The overturning of Roe v Wade may be the biggest story in Christian politics in the last 50 years. There is such a glut of information as we seek to navigate this momentous shift. We …
The Religious Narcissist: Sitting in the Pew and Quoting Scripture
It seems like everyone knows a narcissist these days. It isn’t a term I really thought about a decade ago. After I left a teaching position with a corrupt president, I started hearing people refer …
The day evangelicals lost their testimony: Falwell endorsed Trump
A few years ago, I was teaching a week-long course at the Grunewald Guild. There had been some drama with one of the interns and his perception that the environment was repressive, which is not …
U.S. Citizens increasingly dissatisfied with the American system
Gallup’s annual Mood of the Nation survey shows a nation struggling with its identity. Out of eight aspects of U.S. life included in the Gallup survey, a majority are only content with two: the overall …
Cruz Reynoso: An Obituary
Cruz Reynoso passed away peacefully at the Angel Lite Elder Care facility in Oroville, California on May 7, 2021. He was 90. Cruz was born in Brea, California on May 2, 1931, to Juan and …
A Time for Faith on View- Four Years Later
Four years ago today, I wrote an essay entitled, “A Time for Faith on View.” This essay wasn’t a call for people to read this website, though I think that is always a good idea. …
The SBC is Failing the Racism Test
In a delightfully caustic piece, Mark Silk, a Professor of Religion and Public Life at Trinity College, explores the deep failing of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in 2020 when it comes to issues of …