If I were “emergent” (if “emergent” still were), I’d hook my wagon to the much-discussed “Provisional Theses” of Kerr, Siggelkow, and Doerge as the (anti-)ecclesiology we’ve been waiting for. Because whereas Caputo’s theology of the event comes with the cost of a low christology, the “apocalyptic” ecclesiology of Kerr et. al. gives you an anti-Catholic,…
Oscar Wilde “parodied his own love of limited editions by declaring his intention to bring out The Sphinx in an edition of just three copies: ‘one for myself, one for the British Museum, and one for Heaven. I have some doubts,’ he added, ‘about the British Museum.’” ~Thomas Wright, Built of Books: How Reading Defined…
Some hilarious cartoons in the New Yorker that just arrived, but this one also doubles as an exercise in critical ecclesiology:
Kelsey’s Eccentric Existence is, I’ll admit, quite daunting (weighing in at 1092 pages in two volumes). I fear that might discourage people from actually reading it. So in a footnote to the article I mentioned yesterday, I suggest the following reading program for those who might be intimidated: If I were crafting a multiyear reading…
While I will have much more to say about this in an upcoming review essay in Christian Scholar’s Review, my enthusiasm for David Kelsey’s Eccentric Existence: A Theological Anthropology requires a more immediate outlet. So here’s a little snippet of praise from the forthcoming essay: David Kelsey’s magnum opus, Eccentric Existence is a stunning work…
It’s quite surprising to me how often I think of John Updike. Though he was not the writer of “my” generation, he became my cherished stylist–a bit of a guilty pleasure, I know, given how baroque, flowery, and lubricious his sentences can be (but then again, I also can’t get over Thomas Wolfe). I should…