Here you will find a repository of all blog posts and articles written by Marcus Borg. Before his death in 2015, Marcus Borg was a regular contributor to many blogs and discussions on scholarly Christian topics. Where possible, we have included many of these posts below and hope to keep adding to this section in the future.
Marcus J. Borg, beloved husband and father, renowned teacher, author and leading scholar of the historical Jesus, New Testament and contemporary Christianity, died on January 21, 2015, following a battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. He was 72 years of age. […]
Marcus Borg | March 11, 1942 – January 21, 2015 Read More »
Convictions, my newest book, is a bit of a memoir, even as it is not an autobiography. Rather, it combines the triad of memories, conversions, and convictions. Memories – of growing up Christian and American more than half a century
Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most Read More »
Like a preacher who has pastored a congregation for more than a year, I am faced with the task of saying something about Advent again without simply saying what I said last year in my Advent blogs. And I commend
Has Christmas Been Swallowed by the Miraculous? Read More »
From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ A great change has occurred in the rituals, formal and informal, surrounding dying and death in North America. Here and in other contemporary western cultures, our customary practices around dying and death, have
Remembering Our Death: What May Be at Stake Read More »
From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ I began keeping a journal in my early 30s, now forty years ago. I wish I had begun earlier. I would value having a written record of thoughts and experiences from my 20s
What Would It Have Been Like to Be A Companion of Jesus? Read More »
From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ To write about religion is to court controversy, conflict, and criticism. It confirms the counsel of conventional etiquette that it is best in polite conversation to avoid two subjects: religion and politics. So
Responding to a Critic: Misunderstanding or Misrepresentation? Read More »
From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ Patheos has invited a number of us to write an end-of-summer post about what we find “most critical within our tradition” today (italics added), “the issue of greatest import.” My tradition is Christianity –
A Christianity Co-Opted by Individualistic, Exclusivist Faith Read More »
From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ This is my third installment about a letter about Jesus and the issue, “Was Jesus God?” If you have not read the first two installments, this may not make much sense to you.
Postscript to A Letter About Jesus Read More »
From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ My previous blog – “A Letter about Jesus” – drew a much larger response than I expected. In this blog, I continue that conversation with a clarification and some additional comments. Clarification –
Further Thoughts on a Letter about Jesus Read More »
From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ A very few days ago, I received by e-mail a letter about Jesus from a person who is reading one of my books. His thoughts and questions struck me as being of interest
A Letter About Jesus Read More »
