tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579572108584973334.post4800030657786499712..comments2012-06-26T23:17:04.859-04:00Comments on Musings and Philosophizings: Deep Thinking In Practical TermsAlex Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14438933285577775806noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579572108584973334.post-79562125118316801282009-03-07T17:17:00.000-05:002009-03-07T17:17:00.000-05:00I see a similar divide as well, and at the moment ...I see a similar divide as well, and at the moment there seems to be a spectrum of Christian responses- ranging from more fundamentalist "all about truth" responses to very anti-academic "we just want to show people love and forget doctrine" responses to a variety of middle-ground positions. I am curious to see if there will be more definitive moves toward polarizing that discussion, or if the variety of views will be maintained.<BR/><BR/>I thought I had told you about the blog... but perhaps I had not.Alex Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14438933285577775806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579572108584973334.post-26570260126757452322009-02-15T21:50:00.000-05:002009-02-15T21:50:00.000-05:00Good post. I'm thinking on your last paragraph and...Good post. I'm thinking on your last paragraph and it occurs to me that postmodernism (whatever that is) has helped maintained the same sort of divide that existed in the twenties between social gospel advocates and fundamentalists: one camp seeing Jesus' call as a call to belief, the other as a call to action. I still see that same divide maintained today by the current culture's love of 'senseless acts of beauty/kindness' and a sort of 'modernist' obsession with truth. Thought?<BR/><BR/>Hope you're enjoying the cruise. Why didn't you tell me you had a blog?? (Or did you, and I forgot?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com