Because Hauerwas & Wllimon are so quotable:
Apologetics is based on the political assumption that Christians somehow have a stake in transforming our ecclesial claims into intellectual assumptions that will enable us to be faithful to Christ while still participating in the political structures of a world that does not yet know Christ. Transform the gospel rather […]
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I should have read Rowan Williams a long time ago. His brilliance as a theologian has been mentioned by many, which I can now confirm first-hand. For example, in Tokens of Trust, Williams mentions that William Paley’s (in)famous watchmaker analogy isn’t very helpful, and goes on to say:
The one thing belief in a creator doesn’t say, […]
A couple of must-reads for those interested in the public implications of faith:
Christ and Culture and Church and Creation - James K.A. Smith reviews D.A. Carson’s Christ and Culture Revisited, and finds it lacking. A gem of a quote:
One gets the sense that Carson’s eternity lacks cultural institutions —an eternity without commerce or politics, art, or […]
One of the fundamental instincts we walk around with is that “things are not as they should be.” Indeed, I would say that, while what we do with this instinct varies enormously, the instinct itself might even be called a universal truth.
One of the reactions to this instinct could be called idealism, which for my own […]
Terrific opening, and it doesn’t let up:
Let me put my cards on the table right from the outset. I am sick and tired of hearing Christians who have something at stake in the status quo of economic, social and political systems of injustice appealing to Romans 13 to legitimate unswerving obedience to oppressive and deceitful regimes.
To Hell […]
Yes, you read the title correctly. I’ve followed a fairly typical trajectory of being brought up with “I’m a lowly worm” theology towards an understanding of humans as essentially good, if marred by by sin. I was always under the impression that this was the “right” trajectory, but I’m having second thoughts, partly due to […]
