CRISTO EN BRAZOS DE LA MUERTE, imagen realizada por el esculto zamorano Ricardo Flecha y que esta encargada para que presida el Centro Cultural San Vicente Ferrer.
Esta imagen procesionará en la Magna Procesión Católica Extraordinaria del próximo 09 de Abril de 2011 AD.
De izquierda a derecha, el alcalde de Medina del Campo, Crescencio Martín Pascual; el escultor, Ricardo Flecha; y el presidente de la Junta de Semana Santa, Carlos García, durante la presentación pública de la talla
"While Christ's sex has been hidden, his gender has not. Indeed, it has been made the means for hiding another sex, that of woman, excluded from the symbolic representation of Christ. Covering up Christ's penis has allowed it to return as phallus, as the symbol of Christ's (masculine) power over all things, including death (see Loughlin's chapter in this volume — chapter 7). And yet how easily this power is deflated. For Christ's masculinity is always being subverted by the femininity it is used to rule and conceal, for he is a passive man who turns the other cheek to his enemy. (And do we not already want to describe this as an active passivity, to inject some manly vigor into the debased term?)" - http://www.wordtrade.com/religion/christianity/queertheologyR.htm
beyondtoday.tv/channels/afterdeath
"While Christ's sex has been hidden, his gender has not. Indeed, it has been made the means for hiding another sex, that of woman, excluded from the symbolic representation of Christ. Covering up Christ's penis has allowed it to return as phallus, as the symbol of Christ's (masculine) power over all things, including death (see Loughlin's chapter in this volume — chapter 7). And yet how easily this power is deflated. For Christ's masculinity is always being subverted by the femininity it is used to rule and conceal, for he is a passive man who turns the other cheek to his enemy. (And do we not already want to describe this as an active passivity, to inject some manly vigor into the debased term?)" - http://www.wordtrade.com/religion/christianity/queertheologyR.htm
beyondtoday.tv/channels/afterdeath
The pastor of a rural United Methodist church was fired from his job after voicing his doubts that sinners live an eternity of torment.
The Daily Mail writes:
Reverend Chad Holtz was dismissed from Marrow’s Chapel in Henderson, North Carolina, when he posted a note on his Facebook page supporting a book written by prominent young evangelical pastor Rob Bell.
Bell is a much publicised critic of the traditional view of hell as a place of eternal torment for billions of damned souls.
Two days after he posted the comments, Rev Holtz was told he had been dismissed after complaints from church members.
He said: ‘I think justice comes and judgement will happen, but I don’t think that means an eternity of torment.
‘But I can understand why people in my church aren’t ready to leave that behind. It’s something I’m still grappling with myself.’
Holz told his story to the Associated Press:
The Daily Mail explains:
The debate over Bell’s new book Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived has quickly spread across the evangelical precincts of the Internet, in part because of an eye-catching promotional video posted on YouTube.