Vincent J. Donovan on communal faith Donovan here recounts an episode from his missionary endeavors among the Masai people of East Africa: “As I was nearing the end of the evangelization of the first six Masai communities, I began looking towards baptism. So I went to the old man Ndangoya’s community to prepare them for […]
Robert Jenson on philosophy “We usually refer to the work of Greece’s theologians with their own name for it, ‘philosophy.’ We have thereupon been led to think this must be a different kind of intellectual activity than theology, to which theology perhaps may appeal for foundational purposes or against which theology must perhaps defend itself. […]
Nicholas Lash on intellectual maturity “I now want to suggest, by way of conclusion, a simple model in terms of which we might locate the various ways in which individuals, and social groups, relate to the authority of the past. Like any model, it must not be asked to do too much, but it may […]
Clifford Geertz on the adventure of intellectual inquiry “An affection for what doesn’t fit and won’t comport, reality out of place, has connected us to the leading theme of the cultural history of “Modern Times.” For that history has indeed consisted of one field of thought after another having to discover how to live on […]
The Oxen by Thomas Hardy (1915) Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. / “Now they are all on their knees,” / An elder said as we sat in a flock / By the embers in hearthside ease. We pictured the meek mild creatures where / They dwelt in their strawy pen, / Nor did […]
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