Blogs Posts on "Doing Theology"

Theologians (still) talking to one another about themselves by Faith and Theology on Oct 15, 2009Following our recent discussions, Evan talks about theologians talking to one another about themselves, while Erin posts on theologians and their crazy talk. On the topic of theology as a university discipline, Samuel also has a post on theology as a...

Ecclesiological Stockholm Syndrome by Faith and Theology on Oct 12, 2009Responding to Halden on doing theology against ourselves, Adam suggests that many theologians have Ecclesiological Stockholm Syndrome: "the twin tendency to idealize and fetishize local church life and to denigrate their own role".

Doing theology against ourselves by Faith and Theology on Oct 10, 2009Halden has two posts on "doing theology against ourselves", with some interesting ensuing discussion. He writes:The frequent discord between theology and theologians isn’t actually such a bad thing.... If theologians could only write in accordance...

On theology as research by Faith and Theology on Sep 24, 2009Ross has posted these comments by Geoff Thompson on theology as academic research:Theologians engaging in research commit themselves to certain protocols of argument which are often absent from the populist theological debates which occur in the chur...

Augie March and the problem with systems by Faith and Theology on Aug 7, 2009So I’ve joined a cool book club that meets in the Kings Cross area of Sydney. This month, our book was Saul Bellow’s playful rambling picaresque romp, The Adventures of Augie March (1953). One of my favourite characters is Einhorn, a guy who (at...

The art of citation by Faith and Theology on Jun 30, 2009Recently I was talking with some friends about the problem of citation in contemporary theological writing. We bemoaned the disturbing rise of block-quotes in much current writing: the tendency merely to cite large chunks of (presumably transparent a...

Theology and the self in cyberspace by Faith and Theology on Jun 25, 2009At next week’s AACC conference in Brisbane, I’ll be giving a dinner talk entitled “Theology 2.0: Blogging as Theological Discourse”. If anyone knows of some good research in this area, I’d be glad for some extra reading tips before I start...

Some autobiography from John Webster by Faith and Theology on Feb 22, 2009I know I’m a latecomer here, but last night I finally read Shaping a Theological Mind: Theological Context and Methodology, edited by Darren Marks (Ashgate 2002). It’s a fascinating collection of autobiographical reflections by leading theologian...

Ten virtues for theological students by Faith and Theology on Feb 2, 2009The ancients understood education as inculturation (παιδεια) into a life of virtue (αρετη). The main point of my recent satirical post was to suggest that theological education should similarly be understood as formation in virtue, rather...

What is systematic theology? by Faith and Theology on Jan 29, 2009The latest issues of the International Journal of Systematic Theology and Irish Theological Quarterly contain a great pile of essays exploring the nature of systematic theology from Catholic and Protestant perspectives. Interestingly, a couple of the...