A guest post by Jim Reitman
“Ours is not to reason why; ours is but to do or die.” -Alfred Lord Tennyson
Perhaps the hardest interpretive “pill” to swallow in the history of interpretation of Job has been the apparent contradiction between Job’s steadfast faith and God’s blistering sarcasm when He finally appears to confront Job (Job [...]
Archive for August, 2008
“Deconstructing” Theodicy—the Surprising Utility of Profound Disillusionment
Posted in Hermeneutics, Scripture, Theodicy, Theology on August 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tuomo Mannermaa on Union with Christ & the Christian life
Posted in Christian Life, Christology, Luther, Soteriology, Theology on August 18, 2008 | 6 Comments »
What is the relationship between the believer’s union with Christ and his or her obedience to Christ’s teaching?
Our answer to that question is incredibly important not only for retaining the gracious character of the Gospel, but our language of salvation and Christian obedience says a great deal as well about our theology of the [...]
On Theodicy and Practical Theology
Posted in Church, Theodicy, Theology on August 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
How do our ‘answers’ to the questions of evil relate to our ‘practices’, both individually and ecclesially?
John Swinton offers a compelling proposal for a practical theodicy that is able to surmount what he perceives as the severe theological and pastoral limitations of purely philosophical answers to “the problem of evil.” He explains,
I maintain that theodicy [...]
David Bentley Hart on Trinitarian Being
Posted in David Bentley Hart, Trinity on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In Hart’s final section on the Trinity before turning his attention to the doctine of creation (The Beauty of the Infinite), the author unfolds his trinitarian ontology proper. Along the way he takes up several significant conversation partners including Heidegger , Caputo, Scharlemann, Barth, and Jean-Luc Marion.
James’ Quote and Commentary
Against Karl Barth, Hart defends the analogia [...]
