Karl Barth and the Mystery of God the Creator
What the meaning of God the Creator is and what is involved in the work of creation, is itself not less hidden from us men [ sic ] than everything else that is contained in the Confession.
Quotations
Kierkegaard on Solitude
It is an awful satire, and an epigram on the materialism of our modern age, that nowadays the only use that can be made of solitude is imposing it as a penalty, as jail. What
Lindbeck on The Intepretive Schemes of Religion
Religions are seen as comprehensive interpretative schemes, usually embodied in myths or narratives and heavily ritualized, which structure human experience and understanding of self and world. Not every telling of these cosmic stories is religious,
Mission Precedes Ecclesiology
To be authentic, mission must be thoroughly theocentric. It begins in Gods redemptive purpose and will be completed when that purpose is fulfilled. The God-given identity of the church thus arises from its mission.
Zizek, the Decalogue and The Problem with (too much) Liberation
It is…crucial to bear in mind the interconnection between the Decalogue (the traumatically imposed Divine Commandments) and its modern obverse, the celebrated ‘human rights’. As the experience of our post-political liberal-permissive society amply demonstrates,
The Wisdom of Youth
“Why is it that you have to be at least thirty-five years old to run for President?” asked the Toluca Lake resident. Matthew proposed a constitutional change that would let kids vote and give grade-schoolers
Yoder – Beyond Legitimate Ends
What Jesus renounced is not first of all violence, but rather the compulsiveness of purpose that leads the strong to violate the dignity of others. The point is not that one can attain all of