Tuesday, March 04, 2008
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2 comments:
Well now, that's very interesting. Dr. Williams is not always quite so clear and orthodox in what he has to say, but here he explains very nicely some of the tension behind the apophatic tradition.
I've been following your blog for a little while now. Are you familiar with the Pontifications and Sacramentum Vitae blogs? They're linked in my sidebar, and both worth a look (I particularly recommend Pontifications, although SV has more of an explicitly philosophical bent that you might like).
Scott, you flatter me.
I haven't read a lot of Williams but what I have has seemed generally mainstream orthodoxy. I can only imagine that the political difficulties he must encounter regarding the divisiveness in the Anglican communion must be staggering. Is there anything in particular you had in mind as a less than orthodox position of his. I'd be interested.
The tensions between apophasis and true theological knowledge is a knot I continually return to pick at. When I heard the above statements I was delighted. (Also, if you didn't notice the interview is by a Calvin interim class led by a former professor of mine.)
If you've followed at all Williams and the row over his comments on Sharia law in Britain another former philosophy professor of mine wrote some interesting pieces on the topic. (See my link to Fors Clavigera.)
I haven't come across either of the blogs you mention before but will definitely check them out.
I've perused your blog a couple times as well now. Interesting stuff. I'll have to do some more digging though as it looks as though you've been at it a while. It may be coincidental but I notice a fair amount of your links seem to have a Catholic focus and somewhere in there you mention your former Calvinism. Am I sensing a move toward 'crossing the Tiber'? Just curious.
Take care, Kevin
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