{"id":418,"date":"2007-02-21T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2007\/02\/whats-a-jazz-th.html"},"modified":"2007-02-21T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-21T02:00:00","slug":"whats-a-jazz-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2007\/02\/whats-a-jazz-th.html","title":{"rendered":"What’s a jazz theologian?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog has had a lot of new readers as of late and the most asked question that I am recieving is, "What is a jazz theologian?"<\/em><\/p>\n

One good way to familiarize yourself with some of the concepts would be to check out the Jazz Theololgy 101<\/strong> category (just click here)<\/span><\/a>.  Additionally, I’m going to do a series of posts as to what I mean when I say things like…jazz theology…Discover the Gospel in Jazz… and an indigenous way of following Jesus.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to the dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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