Category Archives: Theology

Augustus H. Strong and the Dilemma of Historical Consciousness

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

Grant Wacker writes this little book on A. H. Strong not so much as a biography in the traditional sense, but as an intellectual biography. He traces the inclinations of Strong from the standpoint of Strong’s progressive tendencies which he … Continue reading →

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Rudolf Otto on Music’s Ability to Portray the Transcendent

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

On Bach’s Mass in B Minor: Its most mystical portion is the ‘Incarnatus’ in the ‘Credo’, and there the effect is due to the faint whispering, lingering sequence in the fugue structure, dying away pianissimo. The held breath and hushed … Continue reading →

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The Devil is in the Details

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Near the beginning of Charles Hodge’s magnum opus stand written these three statements which seem to contradict. I’m not certain that Hodge presents an answer to this conundrum, but maybe this is worth discussing. If you fail to see the … Continue reading →

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The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Vanhoozer, Kevin J. , ed. The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003. At the very height of the evangelical discovery of postmodernity, Vanhoozer edits this little collection of articles that purports to tell its readers … Continue reading →

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