On the most recent TNT, Bo threw out a theory that the dichotomy between 'Church & World' doesn't work well anymore. Part of the thought came from the book Rethinking Christ and Culture: A Post-Christendom Perspective by Craig A. Carter which revisits Niebuhr's influential 1951 work "Christ … Read more about Call In Challenge: the Church & the World
After MacIntyre
This is part of an article I wrote a while ago. I am posting it as background to my blog post "Radical Orthodoxy's Fatal Flaw". It is not written in blog format but for anyone who is interested, I wanted to put it out there. Introduction In After Virtue Alasdair MacIntyre puts forward a … Read more about After MacIntyre
The Limits of Language: Lindbeck and Whitehead
Part 1 I like reading Linbeck.* I used to say that I love Lindbeck but I ran into two snags: I had no idea what people did with Lindbeck. I did not realize that it often led to retreat into a neo-Catholic expression. I did not (and still do not) fully understand that there is some inherent … Read more about The Limits of Language: Lindbeck and Whitehead
What the heck Hauerwas?
I had just come back from Big Tent Phoenix and had a chance to go to Fuller Seminary to hear Stanley Hauerwas. I had read his The Peaceable Kingdom and Resident Aliens. I had also listened to him lecture on John Howard Yoder and several other topics. So, I was excited for the Q&R time - my plan … Read more about What the heck Hauerwas?
Bonhoeffer’s Religionless Christianity with Jeffrey C. Pugh: Homebrewed Christianity 49
Dr. Jeffrey C. Pugh is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Elon University. His new book is called Religionless Christianity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer In Troubled Times. Dr. Pugh talks with Tripp about the life of Bonhoeffer, shares some of the famous words from his Letters … Read more about Bonhoeffer’s Religionless Christianity with Jeffrey C. Pugh: Homebrewed Christianity 49