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Category Archives: Theologians
Contemplating Death
From “Charles Spurgeon’s” twitter today: A quote from Charles Spurgeon: The Christian who contemplates death with joy is a living sermon. Who’s Charles Spurgeon?
Posted in Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Theologians
Tagged Charles Spurgeon
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Mary Daly dead at 81
I’ll blame it on grading papers for days as this is not breaking news. Daly was a force to be reckoned with. I did hear her speak once. When I was at the Claremont Graduate School she gave a lecture. … Continue reading
Edward Schillebeeckx dead at 95
Renowned theologian, Edward Schillebeeckx, died on the 23rd. Although I never finished one of his books, I was always impressed by their “freshness” and vitality. I remember reading bits of Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter With God. I wasn’t at … Continue reading
Welcoming Nazis and saving Jews
This is a story I’d never heard before. I’m also reading a wonderful bio of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Andrei Sheptyts’kyi (1865–1944) the Ukrainian metropolitan of the Greek Catholic Church, did all of these things. (Greek Catholics accept the authority of the … Continue reading
New natural law and Robert George
I’ve just finished reading David Kirkpatrick’s profile of Robert George in the NY Times Sunday. It’s probably no shock that I’m not screeching, screaming conservative. But neither am I a liberal frothing at the mouth. This goes back to my … Continue reading
Posted in Arguing, Aristotle, Faith versus Reason, PHIL 500, Philosophers, Religion Blog, Theologians, Thomas Aquinas
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Why church isn’t the same as faith
This isn’t a news flash, but I enjoy seeing issues we discuss in class echoed in the media. Andrew Sullivan posts this quote from Paul Zahl who’s discussing the work of Emil Brunner (d. 1966). A reflection by Brunner’s former … Continue reading
Posted in Books, James, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Schleiermacher, Theologians, Theorists
Tagged Emil Brunner, Paul Zahl
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Neibuhr – Obama’s theologian
Haven’t viewed this yet, but it certainly looks good. David Brooks and E. J. Dionne discuss the theologian Richard Neibuhr. (Another Speaking of Faith episode)