Extreme heat, fires and smoke, plus Covid strictures, here in southern Orygun have slowed your blogger way down. Let's work back toward normalcy, shall we?
One of my current projects is reading Langdon Gilkey's masterful work "Maker of Heaven and Earth." What makes it masterful? A thorough understanding of his theme; a paradigm clarity of expression; a pleasing rolling-out of the material, with plenty of recaps of earlier points; respect for the theological traditions, along with a respectful review and critique of same.
A short quote (from my edition, Doubleday and Company, 1959, page 41.
"Thus theological understanding deliberately rests on faith in a God who is beyond our full comprehension, rather than on that clear delineation of ultimate principles which philosophy seeks. This position is not irrational, even though its source of meaning transcends that which may be made fully rational because, for the theologian, the attempt to make all things in this life completely intelligible endangers all hope of finding ultimate meaning and coherency therein. Thus as the methods of philosophy and theology differed sharply, so do their respective goals. And out of this difference arises the creative tension that is one of the concerns of this book."
I add, that LG does refer to philosophy and theology as 'blood-brothers' that certainly do fight, but ultimately discover that they are stronger together.
More to follow.
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