![]() ![]() ![]() There’s a scene in that book in which she expresses her confusion over some inmates to whom she’s teaching a Bible class not appreciating her liberating instruction that they could interpret Genesis however they wanted, because really, who’s to say what’s true? They reacted badly to this, and responded well to the Muslim convert among them who praised Islam for its strict and clear rules. It was trite and filled with self-righteousness and progressive cliches. I had in mind the female Episcopal priest whose seminary memoir I reviewed back in the 1990s. ![]() What I expected to find was a cartoon version of a liberal Christian. ![]() I disagree with her fairly radically on many points of moral theology, but there’s something so winning and authentic about her. One of you readers kindly bought a copy for me, which I’ve just finished. She sounds on paper like the progressive Christianity flavor of the month, which is why it was startling to read Gingerich’s qualified praise for her and the book. Bolz-Weber is a tattooed, punk, very liberal Lutheran pastor who has received some national attention lately. Not long ago, I noted with surprise the praise conservative seminarian Bart Gingerich gave to Nadia Bolz-Weber’s memoir Pastrix. ![]()
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