Tag: Phil Dorroll
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Being Accommodationist: What Hauerwas and Willimon Really Mean
by Phil Dorroll | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Русский | Српски The term “accommodationist” has recently become a topic of some contention in global Orthodox Christian conversations on human sexuality. The term was derived from the widely influential book by Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon, Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony (first […]
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Islam, Orthodoxy, and Tyranny
by Phil Dorroll | български | ქართული | Ελληνικά | Русский | Српски When it comes to religion and politics, Eastern Orthodox Christians and Sunni Muslims find themselves in the same predicament. Both of these religions adhere to a particularly strong concept of sacred tradition. This tradition is distinct from revelation itself, but revelation can […]
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Muslims, Christians, and Hagia Sophia
by Phil Dorroll Around midday local time on July 24th, the first Muslim Friday prayer service in over eighty years was conducted in Hagia Sophia, its status recently changed from a museum to a mosque. A key part of weekly Muslim congregational worship is the preaching of a sermon. In this case, the sermon was […]