Christianity
A God who is "just" is inclined to show special generosity to the poor and outcast. No wonder the respectable people get anxious.
Jesus was converted that day to a larger vision of the commonwealth of God. He saw and heard a fuller revelation of God in the voice and face of the Canaanite woman. If Jesus could be changed, can we?
Over the past 20 years, there has been a growing movement to reclaim Christianity from those who've distorted it into something that Jesus and his earliest followers wouldn't easily recognize.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Many of us perhaps need to have our notion of God deepened and expanded. We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
There is a long history of misogyny in Christian theology that stands in sharp contrast to the important role women play in the gospels themselves.
Efforts to suppress nature-based beliefs and practices have been tremendously successful. Those who believe that there are spiritual beings or forces in nature have been denigrated as primitive and superstitious.
Ergun Caner is one of the most prominent figures in the evangelical movement. He is also one of the most deceptive.