I suppose I’m broadening the “Text” in Text and Theology to some post-structuralist, Derridian sense in this post, but the following ubiquitous element in journalistic writing gave me pause.
Two of the Senate’s staunchest conservatives, Sens. James Inhofe of Oklahoma and Jim Bunning of Kentucky, who have said they intend to vote no on President Barack [...]
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Form and Convention
Posted in Hermeneutics, tagged derrida, post-structuralism, rhetorical criticism on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MacQuarrie: Principles of Christian Theology
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged dialectic theology, existentialism, macquarrie, philosophical theology, systematic theology on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Principles of Christian Theology, Second Edition
John MacQuarrie
Paperback, 544 pages
SCM Press, 2003
A very readable existentialist, panenthieistic theology. MacQuarrie discusses as lucidly as anyone the concepts of authentic existence, being, transcendence, and the rest of the language of existentialism and dialectical theology. The author’s thinking draws evenly from tradition and continental philosophy, particularly Heidegger. In the first [...]
Abraham Malherbe on Anti-Intellectualism in the Church
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anti-intellectualism, intellectualism, malherbe on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
[Following are portions of a talk Dr. Malherbe gave at Pepperdine University, as published in Declaring God's Good News, 1964.]
…It reveals a certain uneasiness, and more seriously, a sense of insecurity which is the real basis for the uneasiness. Surely our faith and our appeal are deserving of more confidence. We cannot afford to allow [...]
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