Archive for 'Affective Theology'
Core Question: What is the Soul like?

Core Question: What is the Soul like?

Posted 13 March 2011 | By Pete Gall | Categories: Affective Theology | 2 Comments

In the first core question, Why Am I Here, I said that we exist because the triune God thought it would be awesome to have us around to love. What came next was that there are no strings attached to this deal. That’s the hard part for those of us who’ve grown up in church, [...]

What is Affective Theology?

What is Affective Theology?

Posted 09 March 2011 | By Pete Gall | Categories: Affective Theology | Comments Off

My friend and unofficial mentor, Dr Ron Frost, first introduced me to the term “affective theology” a few summers ago. My wife and I visited Portland to meet people who’d become friends through conversation around my first book, and Ron was invited to the same cookout. Three glorious, mind-bending (and liberating) hours later, so much [...]

Core Question: Why Are We Here? (And how the Westminster Catechism missed it)

Core Question: Why Are We Here? (And how the Westminster Catechism missed it)

Posted 07 March 2011 | By Pete Gall | Categories: Affective Theology | 2 Comments

I think the Westminster Catechism got it wrong.   It begins by asking, “What is the chief end of man?”   Whatever answers come from that question are highly likely to miss the point altogether. The question assumes that we are here as a product, a resource, a tool to achieve a chief end. And [...]