Theological Stuff

Theo Stuff...

I don't usually delve into theological issues, unless the New Testament is being used as some sort of a justification, but these articles struck me as somewhat relevent to our various discussion in the blogsphere.

• 'Only the suffering God can help': Divine Passibility in Modern Theology Themelios 9.3 (1984): 6-12 - Richard J. Bauckham
• The Sociology of Secrecy in the Fourth Gospel - John Neyrey

McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry has these to offer:

• ANDREW K. GABRIEL A Trinitarian Doctrine of Creation?: Considering Barth as a Guide
• STANLEY E. PORTER The Da Vinci Code, Conspiracy Theory and the Biblical Canon
• GORDON L. HEATH Neither Scholarly nor a Solution: A Response to Tom Harpur's The Pagan Christ

The article by Heath on The Pagan Christ is especially useful because Harpur is apparently a proffesor of New Testament in Canada. The book is all the rage in many of the local bookstores here in NZ, but I suspect many are being swindled by poor polemics and vulgar historical exegesis.

And then a post by Ben Myers about Paul Althaus and the historical Jesus. I've not here or read this fella, so this was a good find.

And now, it's back to Tom.