tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post114289770069424460..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Prevenient grace descendingBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1143017675494639892006-03-22T03:54:00.000-05:002006-03-22T03:54:00.000-05:00I'll have to read your article -- as you know, I'v...I'll have to read your article -- as you know, I've written on this as well.<BR/><BR/>I think that my office computer has access to it. I'll check next week, when I'm again in my office.<BR/><BR/>Anytime that you publish on Milton, let me know...<BR/><BR/>Jeffery Hodges<BR/><BR/>* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1142977361498816772006-03-21T16:42:00.000-05:002006-03-21T16:42:00.000-05:00Well, I'm sure it's not because of Philistinism. M...Well, I'm sure it's not because of Philistinism. More optimistically, I like to think it's because the experience of poetry leaves us awed and silenced.<BR/><BR/>As for a theology of verse: yes, you guessed my answer exactly!Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1142960497414113072006-03-21T12:01:00.000-05:002006-03-21T12:01:00.000-05:00Hey, Ben, have you noticed that whenever any poetr...Hey, Ben, have you noticed that whenever any poetry is posted, there are virtually no comments? Is that because there are a lot of Philistines out there, or should we be more optimistic? My English Professor (Ihab Hassan) used to say that the proper response to poetry is - poetry! (i.e., not "comment"). Perhaps you should set aside a day when all posts should be poetry!<BR/><BR/>And thinking of <I>theological</I> aesthetics - I think it was Wittgenstein who said that it should be possible to write a book of philosophy as a series of jokes. Should it not be possible to write a book of theology as a series of <I>verse</I> (and jokes too, for that matter!)?<BR/><BR/>But I anticipate your answer: it's already been done: it's called <I>Paradise Lost</I>!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com