tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post6215764538473737657..comments2024-03-28T09:52:15.415-04:00Comments on Common Denominator: Introduction to Christian TheologyKen Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-2377824130790488582011-08-08T19:04:56.666-04:002011-08-08T19:04:56.666-04:00John Drury, our resident theologian, chose Miglior...John Drury, our resident theologian, chose Migliore's introductory text (Faith Seeking Understanding) and Timothy Tennent's Theology in the Context of World Christianity. Tennent is president of Asbury so all jokes about our curriculum being shallow should end at the cost of self-incrimination ;-)Ken Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-48267345950840938282011-08-08T18:40:07.493-04:002011-08-08T18:40:07.493-04:00What books are used in the Introduction to Christi...What books are used in the Introduction to Christian Theology class?John C. Gardnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-74793723472635069452011-08-08T10:19:58.314-04:002011-08-08T10:19:58.314-04:00Robert, by whatever means, including those you men...Robert, by whatever means, including those you mention, God is self-revealed as being Trinitarian, and therefore, multi-personal, and therefore, the One eternal, archetypal community in whose image and likeness humanity is created, both as a species and as persons and is being re-created in a member of that Most Blessed Godhead, Jesus Christ, both God and human.<br /><br />See John Zizioulas' "Being as Communion" for more.FrGregACCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368463715994694203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-10541730325068653372011-08-08T09:38:20.523-04:002011-08-08T09:38:20.523-04:00Sorry, Theophilus of Antioch. I wish you could edi...Sorry, Theophilus of Antioch. I wish you could edit posts!Robert Brenchleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006227551531676492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-17553747771058373992011-08-08T09:36:56.200-04:002011-08-08T09:36:56.200-04:00I like to see ideas like the Trinity in their hist...I like to see ideas like the Trinity in their historical and cultural context. The Jews thought of 'extensions' of God, like the Logos and Wisdom, at work in creation. Theophilus of Alexandria developed the idea of the two of them (interpreted as being the Son and the Spirit) being 'vomited forth at the creation', and being like God's hands at work in it. Greeks then developed it into the Nicene doctrine. What if theology had developed in another culture; wouldn't we have ended up with something different? <br /><br />Ultimately, we can't put God on the dissecting table and examine his internal structure; all this is human speculation. Maybe it helps, maybe it doesn't, but what can we really say about God?Robert Brenchleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006227551531676492noreply@blogger.com