Comments on: First Steps Toward a Theology of California http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/03/first-steps-toward-a-theology-of-california/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: pentamom http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/03/first-steps-toward-a-theology-of-california/#comment-17494 pentamom Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:13:58 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10457#comment-17494 I find it hard to believe that, even if there are particular strangenesses that are more concentrated, the things that one finds in California are so distinct from the things common to man, that existing theology does not address the situation. I find it hard to believe that, even if there are particular strangenesses that are more concentrated, the things that one finds in California are so distinct from the things common to man, that existing theology does not address the situation.

]]> By: Blake http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/03/first-steps-toward-a-theology-of-california/#comment-17488 Blake Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:13:51 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10457#comment-17488 <i>“California is just like the rest of the country…and then some.”</i> Forbes has an interesting piece about the growing conflict (or you could say coming clash?) between rich/coastal and poor/inland. It seems the New Age environmentalist religion is not very compatible with the real needs of lower class workers. (Hope it's okay to link this. If it isn't, just take it out, please?) <a href="url" rel="nofollow"> http://blogs.forbes.com/joelkotkin/2011/03/10/californias-demographic-dilemma-a-class-and-culture-clash/</a> “California is just like the rest of the country…and then some.”

Forbes has an interesting piece about the growing conflict (or you could say coming clash?) between rich/coastal and poor/inland.

It seems the New Age environmentalist religion is not very compatible with the real needs of lower class workers.

(Hope it’s okay to link this. If it isn’t, just take it out, please?)

http://blogs.forbes.com/joelkotkin/2011/03/10/californias-demographic-dilemma-a-class-and-culture-clash/

]]> By: Nikolai Volk http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/03/first-steps-toward-a-theology-of-california/#comment-17487 Nikolai Volk Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:31:54 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10457#comment-17487 Orthodoxdj, I'm much more a Santa Clara man myself. Orthodoxdj,

I’m much more a Santa Clara man myself.

]]> By: Orthodoxdj http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/03/first-steps-toward-a-theology-of-california/#comment-17486 Orthodoxdj Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:21:45 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10457#comment-17486 Mr. Volk, Visit Orange County and you'll see. Mr. Volk,

Visit Orange County and you’ll see.

]]> By: Nikolai Volk http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/03/first-steps-toward-a-theology-of-california/#comment-17485 Nikolai Volk Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:15:47 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10457#comment-17485 California history is interesting, as is theology, but I'm not sure the link between the two. California history is interesting, as is theology, but I’m not sure the link between the two.

]]> By: Orthodoxdj http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/03/first-steps-toward-a-theology-of-california/#comment-17484 Orthodoxdj Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:07:35 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10457#comment-17484 California history is an interest of mine. One of my professors made me familiar with the phrase, "California is just like the rest of the country...and then some." California history is an interest of mine. One of my professors made me familiar with the phrase, “California is just like the rest of the country…and then some.”

]]> By: david c http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/03/first-steps-toward-a-theology-of-california/#comment-17483 david c Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:42:51 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10457#comment-17483 I had a professor in seminary (a theologian) who said "California -- the place where every bad theology goes... and breeds". In my experience (having come from there) that was over the top, but not by much. I had a professor in seminary (a theologian) who said “California — the place where every bad theology goes… and breeds”. In my experience (having come from there) that was over the top, but not by much.

]]> By: C. Ehrlich http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/03/first-steps-toward-a-theology-of-california/#comment-17482 C. Ehrlich Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:21:59 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10457#comment-17482 There are probably ways in which living in a place like Orange County (as opposed to a place like San Francisco or Malawi) tends to shape a person's "theology." Reflection on such influences might be helpful and provocative. There are probably ways in which living in a place like Orange County (as opposed to a place like San Francisco or Malawi) tends to shape a person’s “theology.” Reflection on such influences might be helpful and provocative.

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