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Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Exorcising Descartes' Ghost

In a response to a critical assessment of his work offered by the eminent evangelical theologian, Carl F. H. Henry, Hans W. Frei writes

If I am asked to use the language of factuality, then I would say, yes, in those
terms, I have to speak of an empty tomb. In those terms I have to speak of the literal resurrection. But I think those terms are not privileged, theory-neutral, trans-cultural, an ingredient in the structure of the human mind and of reality always and everywhere for me, as I think they are for Dr. [Carl F. H. ]Henry. Now that may mean indeed, you see, that I am looking for a way that doesn't exist between evangelicalism on the one hand and liberalism on the other hand. If that's the case, well, so be it. But it may also be that I am looking for a way that looks for a relation between Christian theory and philosophy that disagrees with a view of certainty and knowledge which liberals and evangelicals hold in common.

This is one of the reasons I am hopeful of the Emergent/Missional conversation.

posted by Jake at 3/08/2005 12:45:00 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger millinerd said...

Granted the propositional approach is mitigated, the two approaches are not antithetical.

3:12 PM  
Blogger mark said...

yo..jake..good quote..i agree with you..these give us hope..

also, i see caputo on your reading list..been meaning to get around to him..let me know how it is..

peace

mark

7:34 PM  

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