Author: James Metzger
James Metzger received his PhD in religion from Vanderbilt University. He now teaches religious studies, ethics, and critical thinking. Prior to a career in academics, he served as a minister to several United Methodist Church and United Church of Christ congregations.
Is It Wrong to Accept God’s Gift of Salvation?
How dare the materially privileged bask in the promise of salvation when others don’t have the advantages they enjoy in this world?
Why I Am Not a Progressive Christian
“I quickly discovered that most ordinary Christians have little interest in what elite liberal seminaries are teaching their future ministers.”
Evaluating the New Atheists’ Criticism of Scripture
The so-called New Atheists have not fared well among scholars of religion. Generally, their work has been shrugged off as shoddy, unscholarly propaganda, or they have been taken to task for conjuring “straw man” caricatures of religious traditions, conveniently ignoring all the good that religious institutions have done, defining faith in a manner unrecognizable to …