By: adhunt
Great points! Milbank more so than most contemporary theologians seems to be very easily and glibly mocked. In his “The Word Made Strange” he has an essay on how “Only Theology Overcomes Metaphysics”...
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Secondary lit is tricky, eh? Since I am formally outside of the academy now I have tried not to worry much about it letting myself slowly get acquainted with a new author. However, when approaching...
View ArticleBy: Brian Hamilton
@dcld: I’ve definitely had that same experience, needing to read some systematic, relatively brief exposition of someone’s work before I felt like I could grasp what they were doing at all. But then,...
View ArticleBy: Robb
Brian, This is a great post. I’m glad you took time to write this. It never ceases to amaze me how often I hear indigent criticisms of Milbank followed by a, “well, no…I haven’t read it yet.” I think...
View ArticleBy: Halden
Brian, where might acquire a copy of this book that dcld mentions here? I believe I need to read it.
View ArticleBy: Brian Hamilton
Its put out by Canadian Mennonite University Press. They've listed it <a href="http://www.cmu.ca/cmupress.html#theology" rel="nofollow">here</a> (though it keeps moving around).
View ArticleBy: Brian Hamilton
Actually, here's a better link: <a href="http://www.cmu.ca/news/2009-10/feb19cmupress.html" rel="nofollow">New Perspectives in Believers Church Ecclesiology</a>.
View ArticleBy: dcl_driedger
Yah, I just accepted a position at First Mennonite in Winnipeg. Karl Koop’s wife is also a pastor there. I am looking forward to connecting with some of the folk at CMU they are pumping out some pretty...
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