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methodius

Another biased quiz

Oct 22, 2006 18:27

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Biased Quiz mizannie October 22 2006, 17:16:37 UTC

I admit until I scrolled down and saw
your comment that I was take aback.
You mention the liberationists, and
I wondered what your educated opinion
of that theology is.

Re: Biased Quiz methodius October 22 2006, 19:14:59 UTC

Strictly speaking liberation theology is a variety of Western theology, but in a quiz on What's your theological worldview? there should surely be a place for it, as well as for some of the others.

If you wanted my own personal critique of liberation theology, well I wrote and article on it some years go, and perhaps I ought to put iot on a web page some time.

Re: Biased Quiz mizannie October 22 2006, 19:41:48 UTC

I hope you do. I would very much like
to read your wisdom about this theology.
In the twilight of my life, epiphanies
abound and maybe before I depart this
earth, I can come to peace, knowing
I am responding to God's call in the
'right' place.

Orthodoxy and liberation theology methodius October 23 2006, 06:54:22 UTC

OK, I've posted the article on Orthodoxy and liberation theology on my web pages now.

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russkaya_chica October 22 2006, 19:55:58 UTC

Well, here's mine:

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methodius October 23 2006, 04:12:37 UTC

Same top three ...

I wonder if that would be similar for other Orthodox?

There are some that I have no idea how to interpret -- "Classical liberal" and "Modern liberal", for example.

martiancyclist October 23 2006, 14:54:25 UTC

It's true for at least one semi-Orthodox person.

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methodius October 24 2006, 04:54:31 UTC

The sample is growing!

thormonger October 23 2006, 01:36:54 UTC

It's either bias or ignorance, considering how Orthodoxy calls itself the best-kept secret in America. The quiz writer probably doesn't even know what Orthodoxy is, other than maybe it's just a Catholic church with onion domes on top or something.

methodius October 23 2006, 04:15:46 UTC

Probably a bit of both.

Ignorance of a wider range of theological options, and bias against any that are not close to the author's own cultural milieu.

3ahyga October 23 2006, 06:01:34 UTC

Who is the neo othodox?

methodius October 23 2006, 06:56:21 UTC

The "neo-orthodox" are Protestant Calivinists who follow people like Karl Barth. Some of the things that they say are similar to what some Orthodox theologians say, but their understanding of them is somewhat different.

3ahyga October 23 2006, 07:00:06 UTC

Here is results of test of mine.

methodius October 23 2006, 07:11:37 UTC

Very interesting -- I wonder if Western Christians are aware of the affinity between Wesleyan/Hiliness and the Orthodox traditions.

Actually, I know a Free Methodist whose son became Orthodox.

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poliphilo October 23 2006, 10:32:53 UTC

Not so much "Western" as "American".

It's not just the Orthodox who are missing. What about the Anglicans?

methodius October 23 2006, 10:52:56 UTC

Do Anglicans have a distinctive theological worldview?

I thought they did an eclectic mix 'n match, picking whichever bits of the others they fancied.

poliphilo October 23 2006, 11:07:04 UTC

Maybe not so much a theological worldview as an ethos. Something to do with restraint and tolerance and mistrust of dogma.

At least, that's the way things used to be. These days I gather the Anglican Church has been taken over by the Fundies.

methodius October 23 2006, 14:10:56 UTC

As someone once said, there's the fundamental, the sacramental and the sentimental, and there's something mental about them all.

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