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Mary, the Wisest Theologian
2008-04-27 19:08:00 1.Mary was the wisest theologian. (She was the Mother of the Word Who is at once the Theology of God and of Men.) God's Truth entered so deeply into her life as to become incarnate in her flesh. All Wisdom was centered in her heart, sedes Sapientiae. When the angel came to her at the Annunciation he found her in deepest silence. Few words are recorded of her who gave us the Word. And when she had given him to the world, what should she do but listen to him? She kept all these words, treasuring them in her heart?And so, in every way, Mary is the model of contemplatives and the mirror of mystics. Those who love the pure Truth of God instinctively love the simplicity of Mary. She draws them into the heart of her silence and of her humility. She is the virgin of solitude, whom God called His hermit - ana est colamba mea in foraminibus petrae. She hid in the caverns of the rock Saint John of the Cross.. She lived as a hermit in the lofty mysteries of her Son. She lived all the time in ...
Which Theologian Are You?
2008-01-24 07:44:00 Here’s the result of a pretty fun quiz that I did just awhile ago. It’s just quite surprising that I’d be identified with John Calvin. Hmm… Which theologian would you be? Which theologian are you? created with QuizFarm.com You scored as John Calvin. Much of what is now called Calvinism had more to do with his followers than Calvin himself, ...
By: Joie de Vivre
Dubya the Theologian? - 50 religious ?insights? from George Bush
2007-08-14 17:39:00 1. I am driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, ‘George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan’. And I did. And then God would tell me ‘George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq’. And I did. Sharm el-Sheikh August 2003 2. I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do ...
Theologians At The Round Table
2007-08-03 16:23:00 A scenario was set up for these theologians in regards being in front of 100.000 individuals, the scenario was this: (1) You are standing on stage before 100,000 people from every nation on earth and asked to share the gospel in 100 words or less. What would you say? (2) You are standing before a small crowd ...
News & Current Events :: Evangelical Theologian: Mormons are not Christians
2007-07-28 02:49:00 Author: Eric Subject: Evangelical Theologian: Mormons are not Christians, PeriodPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:49 pm (GMT -4) Evangelical Theologian: Bottom Line is Mormons are not Christians Michelle Vu Mormons believe in a false gospel and are not Christians, concluded one of the nation’s preeminent evangelicals in what appeared to be the close of an online debate over Mormonism. “Here is the bottom line. As an Evangelical Christian – a Christian who holds to the ‘traditional Christian orthodoxy’ of the Church – I do not believe that Mormonism leads to salvation,” wrote Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, on Wednesday evening. “To the contrary, I believe that it is a false gospel that, however sincere and kind its adherents may be, leads to eternal death rather than to eternal life,” he stated. Mohler’s response is part of an ongoing “blog dialogue” sponsored by the Web site Beliefnet.com. Since June 28, the evangelical scholar ...
Slavoj ?i?ek as theologian
2007-07-27 00:25:00 In my struggle to make sense of the entertaining but baffling thinker, Slavoj ?i?ek, I?ve been reading several articles in the new International Journal of ?i?ek Studies.One of the essays by my friend Scott Stephens offers a helpful account of the central theme of ?i?ek?s work. In this essay, ??i?ek, My Neighbour: Regarding Jodi Dean?s ?i?ek's Politics,? International Journal of ?i?ek Studies 1:1 (2007), Scott characterises ?i?ek as the quintessential theologian of global capitalism.?[T]he theological dimension of Capital is the fundamental determinant of ?i?ek?s work, the inert mass around which his entire conceptual apparatus orbits. The planetary metaphor here is not, in fact, entirely inappropriate. For as Jacques Lacan put it, the Real ? the immutable is-ness of reality as such ? is, like the stars, always-in-the-same-position (toujours à la même place). When ?i?ek states unequivocally that Capital is Real, he is making a serious claim about the ontology of our global situatio...
Describing trinitarian theologians
2007-07-04 00:39:00 Halden has posted an entertaining list describing trinitarian theologians. He has come up with so many clever descriptions that I can hardly think of anything to add. But here are a few possible additions:Bruce McCormack: the most actualistic trinitarianEdward Schillebeeckx: the most sacramental trinitarianRowan Williams: the most grammatical trinitarianHendrikus Berkhof: the most modalistic trinitarianBernard Lonergan: the most scholastic trinitarianGerhard Ebeling: the most Schleiermacherian trinitarianE. L. Mascall: the most analogical trinitarianKim Fabricius: the most concise trinitarianWolfhart Pannenberg: the best trinitarian
Ten theses on Dietrich Bonhoeffer: theologian, Christian, martyr
2007-06-29 09:09:00 A guest-post by Ray Anderson, Fuller Theological Seminary1. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Christian theologian. Rather, one should say that he became a Christian theologian. Eberhard Bethge, his former student and biographer, notes the year 1933 as a ?transition from theologian to Christian.? In 1936 Dietrich wrote to a girlfriend and confessed: ?I plunged into work in a very unchristian way.? [T]hen something happened, something that has changed and transformed my life to the present day. For the first time I discovered the Bible?. I had often preached. I had seen a great deal of the church, spoken and preached about it, but I had not yet become a Christian? (Bethge 2000, 203-5). By his own admission, his two most scholarly writings, Sanctorum Communio (1927) and Act and Being (1930), were written by a theologian who was not yet a Christian. I take the word ?Christian? here to mean ?disciple? ? one who does not merely believe in Christ, but experiences Christ.2. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was...
Which Theologian Are You?
2007-06-26 20:10:00 You scored as Jürgen Moltmann, The problem of evil is central to your thought, and only a crucified God can show that God is not indifferent to human suffering. Christian discipleship means identifying with suffering but also anticipating the new creation of all things that God will bring about.Anselm100% Jürgen Moltmann100% Paul Tillich67% Friedrich Schleiermacher33% Karl Barth33% John Calvin33% Charles Finney0% Augustine0% Jonathan Edwards0% Martin Luther0% Which theologian are you?created with QuizFarm.com
By: suzzzanna
Essential films of 2006 for theologians
2007-06-17 09:50:00 Biblical scholar and film aficionado Tyler Williams has posted his definitive list of Essential Films of 2006 for Theologians (following the success of last year?s post). I haven?t seen some of these yet, but it looks like a very good list. Some of my favourite films of the year are there (Babel, Borat, The Departed, and especially Children of Men); and I might also have expected films like United 93, Sophie Scholl, and the delightful Thank You for Smoking to have made the list as well. I haven?t yet seen the German film The Lives of Others, but I?ve heard that it?s outstanding too.For those of you who enjoy the finer things in life, I should also mention some excellent Aussie films of 2006: Candy, Jindabyne, Ten Canoes, and (the most crappy film ever made) Kenny.
Ten propositions on Karl Barth: theologian
2006-11-10 09:48:02 by Kim Fabricius1. Karl Barth was a Reformed theologian. Sounds like a no-brainer. And, yes, fundamental motifs of Barth?s theology have a definite Reformed pedigree ? e.g., the glory, majesty, and grace of God; the primacy of the Word in Holy Scripture; the polemic against idolatry; the doctrine of election; the relationship between gospel and law; sanctification. But for Barth, the Reformed tradition was not so much a body of doctrine as a habit of mind. Observe that Barth got himself up to speed with Reformed dogmatics only after he had become famous for his two editions of Romans and taken up a lectureship at Göttingen. His was a theologia reformata only as it was also a theologia semper reformanda. His conversations with his Reformed forefathers, while deferential, were always critical. And the doctrines he inherited he always re-worked with daring and imagination.2. Karl Barth was an ecumenical theologian. While recognising that theology is always confessional ? there is no Ar...
Must-read detective fiction for theologians
2006-11-08 09:33:02 A guest-post by JoBloggs ?That?s your job, searching for truth. You never get the whole truth, of course. How could you? You?re a very clever man, but what you do doesn?t result in justice. There?s the justice of men and the justice of God.? ?Father Martin to Adam Dalgliesh, Death in Holy Orders (2001) Detective fiction is about the corruptions of the human heart, the painstaking search for truth, and the complicated relationship between justice and the law. Almost inevitably, therefore, even the most formulaic detective story has something to say to the theologian. These ten books ? some novels, some collections of short fiction ? not only confront more or less explicitly theological questions, but are also well, even beautifully written. Some are classics in the mystery tradition, others take the genre and run a very long way with it. So next time you?re getting bogged down in Barth, grab one of these off the shelf, mix yourself a gin and tonic, and settle in for an enjoy...
Christophe Chalamet: dialectical theologians
2006-10-03 00:57:03 ?It is strange to realize that we are so close to each other and yet speak such different languages? ? with these words, Karl Barth summed up his relationship to his old friend and nemesis, Rudolf Bultmann.The relationship between Barth and Bultmann is one of the most fascinating and most perplexing subplots in the story of modern theology. From these two thinkers sprung the two dominant schools of twentieth-century theology ? and while they had originally viewed themselves as allies in a common cause, Barth and Bultmann came to regard each other with mutual hostility, aversion, and above all bewilderment. Given all this, it?s unfortunate that so few books have explored in detail the relationship between these two theological giants.So it was a real joy to discover Christophe Chalamet?s impressive new study: Dialectical Theologians: Wilhelm Herrmann, Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann (Zurich: TVZ, 2005) ? and I?m grateful to TVZ for kindly sending me a review copy. In this book, Chalam... |
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