tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post8598262860844351349..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Barth's GrandeurBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-29538856318251774852007-06-02T17:41:00.000-04:002007-06-02T17:41:00.000-04:00Torrance hung awe-rapt on every wordActually, he n...<I>Torrance hung awe-rapt on every word</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, he negotiated a position somewhere between Barth and Calvin, with a deep interest in Athanasius and Cyril. <BR/><BR/>It is important not to miss that among other things he departed from Barth on the sacraments, on "universalism," and not least on the significance of the ascension. <BR/><BR/>His efforts to relate theology and science, while flawed, are still perhaps preferable, in principle, to other proposals that have emerged so far. <BR/><BR/>There are really three Torrances: the dogmatic theologian, the apologist who appealed to natural science as a way of validating theological inquiry, and the historical theologian. In a series of still largely scattered essays, he wrote at length on virtually every theologian of importance in the history of doctrine. I think I like the third Torrance the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-8973501257378042862007-06-02T11:48:00.000-04:002007-06-02T11:48:00.000-04:00This is great...it made me laugh...and I like the ...This is great...it made me laugh...and I like the idea of God waiting for us to fall through the holes in our 'arguments' into his safe hands...Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17100142714030768898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-87561381524435241852007-06-02T04:47:00.000-04:002007-06-02T04:47:00.000-04:00Theology as the religious attempt to insulate ours...Theology as the religious attempt to insulate ourselves from the threat of God - yes, that's a very 'Barthian' thought!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-54024737205049594082007-06-01T18:06:00.000-04:002007-06-01T18:06:00.000-04:00I like this entry very much. I have zero poetic a...I like this entry very much. I have zero poetic ability myself, so I have to just watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com