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Review of Hauerwas: A (Very) Critical Introduction by Nicholas M. Healy
Read more: Review of Hauerwas: A (Very) Critical Introduction by Nicholas M. HealyNicholas M. Healy, Hauerwas: A (Very) Critical Introduction. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014. 154 pages. Softcover. Retail $23.00. Few contemporary theologians have situated their own projects so explicitly against the “many-faced and historically ambiguous phenomenon” of modern liberalism (whether of the theological or the political varieties) as Stanley Hauerwas.[1] It is no…
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Why Write a Memoir?
Read more: Why Write a Memoir?Every once and a while a strange but wonderful happenstance takes place in my office here at the University of Aberdeen. All three of us (myself and two officemates) spontaneously look up from our systematic theology books, economic charts of the Irish economy, and ancient Greek manuscripts to take part in a momentary reprieve from…
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Ecclesia and Ethics: Day One
Read more: Ecclesia and Ethics: Day OneThis past Saturday was Day One of the online conference that I had been co-organizing with some of my officemates from St Andrews. It was both exhausting and exhilarating. Because it was designed to be an international conference, my day began at 6am local time in California and ended at 4pm local time. During this…
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Ecclesia & Ethics Conference: Update
Read more: Ecclesia & Ethics Conference: UpdateThe details for our upcoming conference, Ecclesia & Ethics: A Eco-Friendly and Economically-Feasible Online Biblical Studies and Theology Conference, are being finalized. The ‘Call for Papers’ has ended and the parallel presentations have been selected. In addition to our main speakers – which includes notable figures like NT Wright, Stanley Hauerwas, Michael Gorman, Shane Claiborne, Brian…
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Ecclesia and Ethics Conference
Read more: Ecclesia and Ethics ConferenceNothing gets me giddy like going to an academic conference. For those who are involved in the academic study of the bible/theology/religion like myself, the big event – “conference time” – takes place in mid-November with the annual meetings of ETS/IBR/SBL/AAR. It is always a blast to present and listen to papers, meet new people,…