tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post114514198446326913..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Uneasy EasterBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1145272260334492072006-04-17T07:11:00.000-04:002006-04-17T07:11:00.000-04:00Answering a few posts over at Connexions suggests ...Answering a few posts over at <I>Connexions</I> suggests the supplementary thought that the church's "demonstration" of the veractity of the resurrection is -simply(!) - its <I>witness</I>, particularly the witness of the <I>praxis</I> of Christ's peace, with all its inherent vulnerability. The resurrection does not suddenly invert the <I>theologia crucis</I> with a <I>theologia gloriae</I>!<BR/><BR/>Rowan Williams again:<BR/><BR/>"A theology of the risen Jesus will always be, to a greater or lesser extent, a <I>negative</I> theology, obliged to confess its conceprual and imaginative poverty - as is any theology which takes seriously the truth that God is not a determinate object in the world."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1145270495280006232006-04-17T06:41:00.000-04:002006-04-17T06:41:00.000-04:00The resurrection is an object of faith, not demons...The resurrection is an object of faith, not demonstration; and God remains hidden even in his revelation.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps a little Rowan Williams may be helpful (from his diamond <I>Resurrection</I> [1982]):<BR/><BR/>"It is the stranger . . . whom we meet on Easter morning. . . If we come in search of the 'God of our condition' at Easter, we shall not find him. . . Holy Week may invite us to a certain identification with the crucified, Easter firmly takes away the familiar 'fellow-sufferer'."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1145251432637335732006-04-17T01:23:00.000-04:002006-04-17T01:23:00.000-04:00But if you don't know for sure that it happened, h...But if you don't know for sure that it happened, how can you interpret its meaning?<BR/><BR/>I have benefitted from the 'courtroom' approach, especially in Morris' (?) 'Who moved the Stone'. The fact of the resurrection takes you part of the way in understanding Jesus, but full disclosure only comes from Jesus himself. <BR/><BR/>Still, part way is a start!<BR/><BR/>Love your blog,<BR/><BR/>TimTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381460218983996078noreply@blogger.com