Geoffrey HolsclawN.T. Wright on Scripture in Modernity: Modernity “gave rise to the false antithesis of seeing scripture either as a convenient repository of timeless truth, a vehicle for imparting ‘true information,’ or as a take-it-or-leave-it resource, itself at one remove from the reality of which it spoke, some of which might come in handy from time […]
WARNING: PHILOSOPHICAL POST (So I just cut this section from the intro to my dissertation so I thought I would post it here.) Political Theology and Political Philosophy Mark Lilla makes a rough distinction between political philosophy and political theology that will set the stage for our consideration of political theology.[1] For Lilla, all political […]
Some have asked about my reading of Augustine’s political thought in recent scholarship. Below are two foundational interpretations that have guided much recent investigations. This is from the beginning of the 6th chapter of my dissertation. Reading City of God through book 19 As with central ideas of Augustine, and Hegel before that, […]
Many times Augustine is accused of hating embodied life, seeking to flee into a Neoplatonic bliss of dis-incarnate life. This is not the case because the Incarnation showed that it is sin which is evil, and not the substance or nature of flesh…He showed also that death itself, though it is the penalty of sin […]
So it has been awhile since I’ve recently posted here. But that’s not because I’m doing nothing. Actually I’m up to a lot, all of which keeps me from posting. I finished up “Prodigal Christianity” last summer with David Fitch, and now Im furiously writing my dissertation (to be finished hopefully in January). But I’m […]
I’m working on the Gospel chapter of the book I’m writing with Fitch, and it reminded me of this summary of “justification by faith” that I wrote up a bit ago, trying to relate it to Slavoj Zizek’s political theology. I’m reposting because, well, back when I wrote it Facebook and Twitter didn’t even exist, […]