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		<title>Reflections on Easter</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2012/04/13/reflections-on-easter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I read a poll of American Christians about the resurrection of Jesus. It reported that more than 90% of American Christians say that the resurrection of Jesus matters greatly to them. I agree – without the affirmation of Jesus’ resurrection, Christianity makes no important sense. But I was disappointed because the poll reported that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back From Pilgrimage: Paul in Asia Minor</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2011/05/23/back-from-pilgrimage-paul-in-asia-minor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 20:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just returned from Turkey, where my wife and I and Dom and Sarah Crossan led a two-week long pilgrimage. Our focus: Paul and early Christianity in the historical context of the Roman Empire and Roman imperial theology. Rome ruled the world of early Christianity: from Spain in the west, Britain in the north, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Resurrection of Jesus: “Physical/Bodily” or “Spiritual/Mystical”?</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2011/05/16/the-resurrection-of-jesus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 17:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently invited to write an essay on whether the resurrection of Jesus was “physical and bodily” or “spiritual and mystical.”  The distinction is helpful: it makes clear that Christians have understood the meanings of Easter in different ways. But for more than one reason, including the common meanings of these words in modern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Week: Two Different Meanings</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2011/05/07/holy-week-two-different-meanings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2011/05/07/holy-week-two-different-meanings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 17:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[understanding God]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Holy Week with its climax in Easter is for Christians what Passover is for Jews: the most important week of the year – a sacred time during which its primordial and primal narrative is remembered and ultimately celebrated. What is this week about? Within Christianity today, two very different frameworks shape how this week is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>God’s Non-Violent Revolutionary</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2011/02/07/gods-non-violent-revolutionary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was Jesus a social revolutionary? In the ordinary sense in which we use the phrase &#8220;social revolutionary,&#8221; yes. Like the Jewish prophets before him, he was passionate about economic justice and peace, and advocated active non-violent resistance to the domination system of his time. He was a voice of peasant social protest against the economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Marcus Borg on his Novel</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2010/10/05/interview-with-marcus-borg-on-his-novel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2010/10/05/interview-with-marcus-borg-on-his-novel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gender issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marcus Borg was interviewed by editor David Crumm on ReadTheSpirit. They discussed Dr. Borg&#8217;s novel, &#8220;Putting Away Childish Things.&#8221; David: Why did you suddenly write a novel after so many years of writing nonfiction? Marcus: I could give a number of answers. But, the main one is that I’ve presented my ideas in nonfiction and, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Christians Are Deeply Divided</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2010/09/01/american-christians-are-deeply-divided/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States has more Christians than any country in the world, both in numbers and as a per cent of our population. Roughly 80% of Americans identify themselves as Christian. Only about half are actively involved in the life of a church, but this is still a large number. But are we a Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Religion&#8217;s Egalitarianism Impulse</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2010/08/01/religions-egalitarianism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2010/08/01/religions-egalitarianism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[men]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[prejudice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marcusjborg.com/test/?p=469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most cultures have been patriarchal, and the world’s religions have for the most part sanctified patriarchy, legitimating it in their teaching and practice. I illustrate with Christianity, the religion I know best. In most Christian cultures, women: * Have been taught to be subordinate to their husbands. * Have been blamed for the presence of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mystical Experiences of God</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2010/07/01/mystical-experiences-of-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2010/07/01/mystical-experiences-of-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[mysticism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marcusjborg.com/test/?p=458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My most formative religious experiences were a series of mystical experiences. They began to occur in my early thirties. They changed my understanding of the meaning of the word “God”-of what that word points to-and gave me an unshakable conviction that God (or “the sacred”) is real and can be experienced. These experiences also convinced [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>48</slash:comments>
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		<title>Narrow is the Way</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2010/06/15/narrow-is-the-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marcusjborg.com/2010/06/15/narrow-is-the-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reader recently asked this question: Q: How do you understand “broad is the way that leads to destruction, narrow is the path to salvation”? This has been used to justify Christianity as the ONLY true path to the exclusion of all other religions. I have just read your “Heart of Christianity” and I want [...]]]></description>
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