This line in the very beginning blew me away: "His magnum opus was a 6,000,000 word long, 13 part volume work called The Church Dogmatics."
Karl Barth in a word, verbose!
Well, enjoy . . .
Below is an excellent introduction to Karl Barth and his impact on contemporary theology presented by Tom Greggs. This line in the very beginning blew me away: "His magnum opus was a 6,000,000 word long, 13 part volume work called The Church Dogmatics." Karl Barth in a word, verbose! Well, enjoy . . .
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Here at The Pannenberg Circle we have been reading through Stanley Hauerwas's The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer on Christian Ethics. An excellent book thus far. Several topics have emerged as points of discussion and even disagreement between us on "The Forum" (here). One such topic is the role of faith and politics. Below we've include a brief clip by James K. A. Smith from Calvin College on his understanding of the relation between faith and politics. This is a pertinent and relevant topic and we'd love to hear your thoughts? Conversation is needed because of the complexities of the issues that arise from such a topic and our pathetic ability to think Christianly through all the ins and outs, pros and cons. We've posted many video clips of Stanley Hauerwas over the past several months. I don't know if there is a particular reason for this other than we've found his thoughts on certain matters provocative and convicting. So today, we're posting not a video of Hauerwas, but rather a video on Hauerwas. I found this clip helpful in better understanding Hauerwas's life and thought. Let me know what you think . . . This weeks video is dedicated to my wife Ashley and her love of Stanley Hauerwas, his thoughts, and great elderly man voice. The clip is titled "The System vs. The Kingdom." In it Hauerwas brief speaks to matters dealing with Christian community over against a geo-political community, such as, America. Here are some quotes that stood out to me . . . This is not work that can be done by yourself. It can only be done in a community through which you are made part of an ongoing history that you don’t get to make up. Tolerance kills us. Being a Christian should just scare the hell out of us. We believe that God was in Christ reconciling the world is craziness. It’s going to make your life really weird. And you just need to get together on Sunday to be pulled back into the reality of God’s kingdom. The first week of Lent is usually a time of meditating upon the temptation of Christ in the wilderness. Below is a great little cartoon that creatively retraces his 40-day journey of temptation and self-denial. Jesus' temptation in the wilderness sets into relief the radical nature of the "power" of weakness over against conceptions of power with which Satan tempted Jesus.
The Lenten season is fast approaching and for those who may not be acquainted with this traditional Christian devotional discipline I would like to share a brief clip introducing Ash Wednesday and Lent. It runs just over two minutes, so check it out. If you watch it and think to yourself: "That sounds like a great way to orient and shape my spirituality in preparation for Easter", then I would encourage you to purchase Robert Webber's Ancient-Future Time (here). His book offers a helpful introduction to the christian year explaining traditional spiritual seasons such as Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, etc. Today marks Dietrich Bonhoeffer's birthday. Therefore, in honor of his legacy of "costly discipleship" we've posted below an introduction to his life and thought by Tom Greggs, Professor of Historical and Doctrinal Theology at the University of Aberdeen. If for some reason you don't know much about Bonhoeffer and this video piques your interest, then be sure to read Eric Metaxas's biography of him (here). Enjoy... |