Comments on: Systematic Theology as Retrieval: finding the church’s future in her past http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/systematic-theology-as-retrieval-finding-the-churchs-future-in-her-past/ Serving the joyful cultivation of the theological craft for the life of the church: inquiring honestly, deliberating wisely, acting faithfully Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kent Eilers http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/systematic-theology-as-retrieval-finding-the-churchs-future-in-her-past/#comment-15941 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:51:08 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2905#comment-15941 Its a fair question, and we are (hopefully) arguing for something more interesting than “theology that is informed by tradition” (and we interact some with Webster’s six “resemblances”). I will send you a copy, and I would be grateful for your feedback.

]]> By: Kent Eilers http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/systematic-theology-as-retrieval-finding-the-churchs-future-in-her-past/#comment-15863 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:35:54 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2905#comment-15863 Yes, that is part of what David and I are trying to argue – though I am sure O’Donavan does it with greater acumen. I have not read much O’Donavan so thanks for the heads up. Is there a particular place in his work to see this “working his way forward by keeping his gaze fixed firmly backward”?

]]> By: Kent Eilers http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/systematic-theology-as-retrieval-finding-the-churchs-future-in-her-past/#comment-15861 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:30:17 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2905#comment-15861 The paper will be wending its way toward publication so when it does I will alert TF readers. But I am happy to post another excerpt in a couple days.

]]> By: Daniel Strand http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/systematic-theology-as-retrieval-finding-the-churchs-future-in-her-past/#comment-15851 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:42:56 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2905#comment-15851 Oliver O’Donovan often says that one cannot be an innovator without first becoming a traditionalist. By my lights I think he is absolutely right. Perhaps that captures some of the spirit of the paper being presented here. Modernity tends to want innovation on the cheap without doing the hard work of mining the past. O’Donovan, for my money, is one of the best innovator/traditionalists out there. Whether you agree or not with his conclusions, he is attentive to history and works his way forward by keeping his gaze fixed firmly backward. It sounds kind of strange but I think that is what David Buschart’s paper seems to be proposing here as well.

]]> By: Earl Barnett http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/systematic-theology-as-retrieval-finding-the-churchs-future-in-her-past/#comment-15846 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:02:25 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2905#comment-15846 Kent, the paper looks very interesting. Can I talk you into posting it for those of us who couldn’t make it to New Orleans?

Earl

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