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? Share/Bookmark
Browsing the archives for the Theologians category
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. I have to admit that I didn’t understand what she was railing about. I remember [...]
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 that time prepared to understand fully what I was reading, but I could sense that [...]
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 pope, but practice a liturgy much like that of the Orthodox.) He wrote a letter [...]
New natural law and Robert George
20 Dec, 2009 in Arguing, Aristotle, Faith versus Reason, PHIL 500, Philosophers, Religion Blog, Theologians, Thomas AquinasI’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 describing myself as a “thinking theist”. I want to avoid getting political here. Rather, I’m [...]
Why church isn’t the same as faith
14 Dec, 2009 in Books, James, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Schleiermacher, Theologians, TheoristsThis 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 student bring this distinguished scholar to life. Here’s a little bit of the quote: There [...]
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) Share/Bookmark