Julian Gordy is the bishop of the ELCA’s Southeastern Synod.
Preaching the Law in the Christ-Haunted South
August 2010: Preaching the Law (Volume 10 Issue 8)
[1] What may be unique about the Southern context is summed up in Flannery O’Connor’s assertion that, “By and large, people in the South still conceive of humanity in theological terms. While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted” (The Habit of Being). Religion of a certain passionate and fundamentalist flavor permeates […]