On the uses and abuses of Rene Girard: From Mimesis to the Fountainhead Before we go on, we need to clear some things up concerning an author we love here at KATP, Rene Girard. We love Girard here an…
As a minor note on our endevour…. Biblical interpretation will run the gamut from extremely conservative, in which creation was completed in exactly 144 hours, to very liberal in which the divine is …
The Law Another interesting outcome is the law. After the fall, we need the law. The serpent introduces law. Before the serpent, the one edict that God gave Adam and Eve was not even given a second …
Is Kichijiro burning in hell? (or In Praise of a Certain Weakness as Strength) Full disclosure: The next two posts contain huge spoilers and assume the reader has some basic knowledge of the story of…
I will never desert you Later in the upper room, predicting all their denials, Jesus quotes Zechariah 13:7 to the disciples, “I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.…
Power Politics in the Upper Room The key to Peter’s ability to respond appropriately to his mistake and properly address his denial is a complete paradigm shift in his understanding of power. This na…
On the Donatists In the first few centuries of the church, the Roman Empire spread from the near east in Asia to the British Isles and Iberian peninsula in the west. It encompassed North Africa as w…
The Cock Crows Denial of responsibility is a theme that reoccurs throughout both the Old and New Testaments. However none is as prominent as Peter in the Passion narrative. Experiencing trauma and c…
The Trauma of Adulthood Technically the serpent did not lie. He greatly warps the perception of truth. When contra God, the serpent says “you will not die” if you eat of the fruit, he is correct in …
Surely You Shall Die Nakedness and vulnerability are not the only bitter epiphany revealed by the fruit of knowledge. God’s warning that you will surely die now comes to the forefront. In light of t…