Essays on Theology and Ethics

The articles set forth the views of a theologian deeply influenced by modern science, historical studies, cultural relativism, ecological concerns, pragmatism, and the like. They represent what I believe to be persuasive and pertinent for a generation about to enter the 21st century. I employ a form of process-relational thought and am deeply rooted in the Christian (and Baptist) traditions. These essays are tentative expressions but reflect five decades of reading, thinking, and teaching. Long ago Harry Emerson Fosdick defined a liberal as one who wanted to be both "an intelligent modern and a serious Christian." That is my aim and the guiding philosophy of these essays. They represent an honest search for truth and set forth the best I know up to now from all sources. Beyond that I make no claims.

Many of the essays that were originally on this site have been subsequently published. Since the copyright is now held by the publishers, I have deleted the whole article and replaced it with a brief summary. Information is provided in each instance regarding the published location of the complete article.

I invite comments, criticisms, refutations, suggestions, etc.
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I invite you to take a look at a recent book by my friend Izzy. Izzy's Book

For more information about him see    Izzy

If you want to take a break for some fun before you get to the serious stuff, the links below will take you to some short videos  of a humorous nature that I made. They poke good-natured fun at some funny aspects of religion, churches, theology, right-wing Protestant religion, and the mixture of right-wing religion and politics. They are designed purely for entertainment and laughter. I hope you enjoy them.  Here is a list of my movies that play on Windows Media Player. Follow this link for a listing of all of them:
 http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wkcauth&oq=wkcauth&gs_l=youtube.3...3815.14801.0.16096.7.7.0.0.0.0.600.1717.0j3j3j5-1.7.0...0.0...1ac.1.XPX5MAW9DCU

I also have a blog site: http://johnwilfred.blogspot.com/

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Presently, the following essays on theological and ethical topics are available: