tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14736201.post114668368937389920..comments2023-10-10T08:46:17.713-04:00Comments on drulogion: Three Types of "Historical Theology"JohnLDruryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120179182431573460noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14736201.post-1152801445990270162006-07-13T10:37:00.000-04:002006-07-13T10:37:00.000-04:00Good point, John. Despite my frustrations with th...Good point, John. Despite my frustrations with the lofty aims of systematic theology, I see it as an admirable and important discipline. My natural proclivity is to hide behind the rhetoric of "biblical theology." And, more specifically, I tend to not be as concerned with systematizing the biblical corpus' theological propositions in order to mitigate diffuse perspectives espoused by its respective authors. (Boy that was a wordy sentence!) However, as a preacher and pastor I cannot in good conscience neglect salient contradictions in Scripture. Even if, at day's end, I let the tentions remain, I do not want to play the whole osterich in the sand bit towards the work of systematic theologians. Moreover, as a student of hermeneutics, I try to play close attention to the historical and cultural lenses through which people have interpreted the texts. This is where I rely on the "historical theologians" and social historians to get a better understanding of why a John Chysostom or Martin Luther reads a text the way that each does. I guess what I'm trying to say is, we are all in this together. Like the red-green-blue that makes a TV or computer screen visible, perhaps we equally need biblical-historical-systematic theologies in order to see the theological screen with greater clarity. Peace.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235423730916095407noreply@blogger.com