Progressivism and the Passion of Faith
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Here's a conversation between Pr Wolfmueller and Dr Gregory Schulz about his recent article, "Progressivism: The Fire Sale Philosophy of Hardhearted Prodigals."
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I’m not sure if this is going too far, but when Dr. Schulz talks about the three parts of cognition, volition, and emotion, I associate those with the three parts of rhetoric: Logos, ethos, and pathos, respectively. I also associate those with what were the source of a longtime Table Talk Radio game, Adolf Koeberle’s three ladders: Rationalism, moralism, and mysticism. It seems there are these 3 parts in our souls, and if any one of them is not kept healthy and in check, spiritual sickness can occur.
While passions cannot be inherently bad. God created us with passions and He said it is good. They are corrupted by sin however. God created us with emotions. He said they're good. With them we love. We also hate. Love is not sin but hate is. I only had time for the first 3rd right now.
This is great for Pr. May's Lutherans in Africa, having this new teacher
I am part of a dual parish in Milwaukee. Dr. Schultz belongs and I have had the great privilege of hearing him preach several times. What a great thing it is for those students in Kenya to have the benefit of his teaching. Many blessings to both of them.
As someone who came from the existentialist tradition (and am now Confessional Lutheran), this entire conversation jives 100%. Take Kierkegaard to one extreme, you have Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, and the left-wing atheist school of thought. Take Kierkegaard to the other extreme and you get something like modern American Evangelicalism in all its faults. Kierkegaard is BEST when taken as an enhanced view (and for additional reflection and appreciation) of one's place within God's reality in collusion with the Church.
Kierkegaard is wonderful but only in the context he was writing. Taken outside of that context, conclusions are reached that tarnish and detract from our walk with Christ. He jives wth Luther at his most impassioned.
I’m not getting the point of this
The point of this was very nicely summed up at the end.
There is a reason that he teaches in Africa
To be not kept out of the action?
Kierkegaard is now higher on my reading backlog.
My amatuer focus has been Semiotic Realism, a la Peirce, Deely, etc. I've flirted with stepping over to the Lutheran camp for 15 years, but this philosophical preoccupation seems to be the "observable thing" pushing me over the line. Recently discovered Hamann too, which has been enriching. The "ministerial" theme is critical... i appreciate this style of "apologetic philosophy" which defends truth without asserting its own truth, per se.
This is somehow making me think of Language of the Heart..