http://waynepark.com/2009/12/10/keeping-the-evangelical-edge/ WAYNEPARK.COM: meditations on faith | place | race Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://waynepark.com/2009/12/10/keeping-the-evangelical-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-627 rob Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:36:30 +0000 http://waynepark.com/?p=1414#comment-627 I probably agree in great measure with Barr (of course, he famously called biblical scholars to account for their sloppy use of biblical words. I talk about this in my book on Herman Utics), but additional, who gets to define "scholarship"? I'm going to do a post on this, or somewhat related. <a href="#comment-626" rel="nofollow">@Wayne </a> I probably agree in great measure with Barr (of course, he famously called biblical scholars to account for their sloppy use of biblical words. I talk about this in my book on Herman Utics), but additional, who gets to define “scholarship”? I’m going to do a post on this, or somewhat related. @Wayne

]]> http://waynepark.com/2009/12/10/keeping-the-evangelical-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Wayne Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:25:26 +0000 http://waynepark.com/?p=1414#comment-626 James Barr attacks evangelical scholarship as "phoney" and evangelical piety as "pathological": http://ow.ly/LirH via Twitter James Barr attacks evangelical scholarship as “phoney” and evangelical piety as “pathological”: http://ow.ly/LirH via Twitter

]]> http://waynepark.com/2009/12/10/keeping-the-evangelical-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-625 rob Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:55 +0000 http://waynepark.com/?p=1414#comment-625 Additionally, we need to remember that theology is primarily for the church, not for the academy. The academy has much to offer us, but it does not own theology and biblical studies. I think it is a mistake to glorify, as we sometimes do, the great academicians as if they "really" know the Bible, as if huge amounts of knowledge of an academic field gets you closer to God. Without dismissing that knowledge... let's keep the focus on the church. Additionally, we need to remember that theology is primarily for the church, not for the academy. The academy has much to offer us, but it does not own theology and biblical studies. I think it is a mistake to glorify, as we sometimes do, the great academicians as if they “really” know the Bible, as if huge amounts of knowledge of an academic field gets you closer to God. Without dismissing that knowledge… let’s keep the focus on the church.

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