Nicholas Lash on modesty In the gigantic task of discovering how to live Christ and how to talk Christ in the world of today, the contribution of the theologian is necessarily a modest one. from … until He comes: A Study in the Progress toward Christian Unity, Ed. Nicholas Lash, (Pflaum Press, 1968), ix. The […]
Nicholas Lash on discerning God’s agency in history “Times have changed. The insurance policy on my house declares that ‘The company shall not be liable in respect of’ a number of things, including damage resulting from ‘the radioactive toxic explosive or other hazardous properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or nuclear component thereof,’ but makes […]
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 […]
On the Soul A. Nicholas Lash “Any attempt to speak sensibly of God as ‘spirit’ must first take the long road through an effort to recapture a less distorted understanding of what being human means. “Discussion about how ‘consciousness’ is best understood is at present a very lively field in a wide range of scientific disciplines and […]
A. Ernest Becker Men aren’t built to be gods, to take in the whole world; they are built like other creatures, to take in the piece of ground in front of their noses. from The Denial of Death, (Free Press, 1997), 178. B. Rowan Williams Theology must rediscover itself as a language that assists us in […]
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