Homeward, these shoes worn to paper: thin as the reason I left here so young
- Why Rowan Williams is the only real theologian
- Why Benedict XVI is the only real theologian
- A new article by Cynthia Nielsen: "What Has Mozart to Do with Coltrane?"
- Some early reviews of Douglas Campbell's mighty tome, The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul
- James K. A. Smith: is there room for martyrs in today's church?
- Jamie Smith again, on film, freedom and fearless speech
- Top 10 indispensable books on theology of childhood
- And some good resources on children's literature
- Some entertaining comments when Halden asked for nominations of a desert island novel. Just in case there's any uncertainty about this, let me state that Moby-Dick is definitely and unequivocally – without any competition to speak of – the greatest novel ever written. To anyone who disagrees, I say: "Ye hav'n't seen Old Thunder yet, have ye?"
- Read Rowan Williams' response to Rome
- Some heretical thoughts on pedagogy (also published here), with a follow-up here
- Some nice scholasticism: whether Jesus can be an "interest" on Facebook
- Why conservatives shouldn't make manifestos
- Three new books on Augustine
- And please, if you do nothing else next year, make sure you read Lewis Ayres' forthcoming book, Augustine and the Trinity
- A new dissertation on the holy fools
- Redeeming the Enlightenment: new histories of religion toleration
- A nice passage on Karl Barth's way of theologising
- Peter Leithart on Robert Jenson and time
- Report on a sweet film fest
- Literature review on interfaith relations
- An essay prize competition
- Applications are open for the Brill Fellowship
- The Centre of Theology and Philosophy has a new website
On the Rowan blurb. What power structure relinquishes itself, and Rome is only interested in servants not partners, and the CofE isn't going to give up its cheque book and hand back its ill gotten gains, gains equally ill gotten by the pilfering Normans backed by surprise, surprise pilfering Rome, but you have to be amused by Rowan he's so like that chap in Yes Minister, you can just hear Glenn Close commenting "like most intellectuals, he can be intensely stupid". On the desert island book people do talk bollocks, Ben - Moby Dick? Yes by all means exorcise your demons. But on others? No. War and Peace unreadable? Must be American and forgot to read to read it in its serialised form during the advert breaks. Talking of America, where was Passos's USA, if there was ever a book designed to make you glad to be on a desert island, surely this is it, bring on Nick Cave "people just ain't no good".
any specific reason for the iron and wine lyric in the title?
No reason: I just always use some random song-lyric as a title for the weekly round-up. But I have to say, I reckon that Iron & Wine lyric is maybe the best single line from any song this year.
Ben, You highlighted the Campbell book above and my collation for early reviews of it.
I also just posted the audio from two SBL sessions:
Audio from SBL Deliverance of God session with Campbell, Gorman, Moo and Torrance
http://www.andyrowell.net/andy_rowell/2009/11/audio-from-sbl-deliverance-of-god-session-with-campbell-gorman-moo-and-torrance.html
Audio from SBL: Gaventa, Hays and Gorman on Romans as Christian Theology
http://www.andyrowell.net/andy_rowell/2009/11/audio-from-sbl-gaventa-hays-and-gorman-on-romans-as-christian-theology.html
Thanks to Andrew Thomas for sharing the dissertation.
-Mel
Actually, I was contractually bound. But what the hell - happy reading!
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