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Kevin O’Farrell on “What makes a good Biblical Scholar or Theologian?”

October 1, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger Leave a Comment

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A good theologian knows what they are doing and why they are doing it, asking the vocational questions of what it means to be a theologian and what it means to do their task well. A good theologian keeps these questions close at hand, since they clarify what it means to be a theologian in one’s own setting. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous, What Makes a Good Biblical Scholar? Tagged With: aberdeen, bonhoeffer, dietrich, kevin, o'farrell, scholar, theologian, university

Don’t Call it “Retro”: Retrieval Theologians are Looking Back to Move Forward

June 7, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger Leave a Comment

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by Kevin J. Vanhoozer  | Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

There’s a word for describing the latest cultural fad of bringing back styles, fashions, or designs from the recent past: “retro.” Vinyl records are popular once again despite the superior digital technology. Retro restaurants stake their business on the appeal to a new generation of, say, self-consciously identifying with everything 1980s. As sociocultural commentators point out, however, such retro homage is “half-longing, half-ironic.”1 [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Didaktikos, Miscellaneous, Theology Tagged With: john, kevin, retrieval, theology, vanhoozer, webster

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