The scene is a very busy bookshop. A bepigtailed elderwoman protagonist approaches the information desk. She pauses for a moment and then asks…
“Excuse me, Religion is…?”
Her bearded interlocutor pauses for a moment and then replies….
“Religion is in the gold room, just up the stairs.”
He pauses once again, and then asks, “Or were you looking for a more esoteric answer?”
Re: What theologian are you?
“The Courage to Be”
Re: What theologian are you?
Indeed so.
“Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.” – Tillich
Re: What theologian are you?
Well I was Moltmann first and then Tillich. But I didnt really understand all the questions, so who knows?!
(Ruth)
Re: What theologian are you?
Well, of course, (being Tillich) I had a greater understanding of the assertions that I particularly disagreed with.
Re: What theologian are you?
I got 93% Karl Barth….and from 1971-3 I was taught dogmatic theology at New College by Thomas Torrance. Old habits die hard….
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