Augustine on approaching Scripture
Serge Lancel's St Augustine is a 590 page tome on Augustine. It is a treasure. Lancel (p. 31) helpfully summarizes what Augustine says in Confessions about approaching Scripture. In his Confessions, Augustine is "reliving that first failure in his mind's eye [i.e., the failure to appreciate and be drawn to Holy Scripture because of its apparently rough and unsophisticated nature]," and Augustine compates "entering" Scripture to "entering a cavern: you must lower your head to go in, which the proud are unable to do; but then the eye becomes accustomed and the vault soars above you." Lancel's St Augustine is published by SCM Press (2002).
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Mark Elliott's "The Reality of Biblical Theology"
I am currently reading and reviewing Mark Elliott's The Reality of Biblical Theology (Peter Lang, 2007). . .
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John Carroll's "The Wreck of Western Culture"
I mentioned a word about Andreas Kinneging's new book (at least new in English translation), The Geography of Good and Evil: Philosophical Investigations (ISI, 2009). ISI was also kind enough to send me a copy of John Carroll's The Wreck of Western Culture: Humanism Revisited (ISI, 2008) . . .
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The insights of the Christian tradition (thoughts from Andreas' Kinneging's new book)
ISI (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, www.isi.org) was kind enough to send me a complimentary copy of Andreas' Kinneging's new book, The Geography of Good and Evil. Thanks ISI. I am working on two writing projects that come to mind as I read the Preface to the book.
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