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The End of Theology11/24/2005 13:33:09I come increasingly close to thinking that theology is meant to not exist, to destroy itself in the face of the mundane and the blinding light of the divine. Theology exists only insofar as it is in retreat, talking about things not yet understood plainly. Things that cannot be understood plainly, like maybe God, CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD PLAINLY. Yet this is exactly what theology insists on doing. Theology is committed to its own demise. Really it is quite absurd that nearly every book that comes out in theology nowadays is about how to do theology, never quite theology itself. All the real talking about God must be happening elsewhere, whether in ethics, music, or prayers. Does anyone actually think he can speak about the unspeakable? Every theologian, like St. Thomas, is expected on his deathbed to renounce all the worthless fruits of his labors and cry out If only I had simply lived! I believe that Athanasius did this too as he depicted the desert hermits that he ran to when theology exiled him from Alexandria. They talked only about how much to eat, how to weep, and how to sing psalms. Bonhoffer might have actually succeeded in the end. Another problem, too is surely the lack of woman theologians. Ostensibly this is changing but I think the tendency of the women is actually the merciful destruction of theology through the recollection of actual concerns and real questions. Theology may be simply a masculine illusion. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hermaphroditic stop-gap - 11/26/2005 13:21:20
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